Drug discovery: Synthesized dreams

¹Mike Jay is an author and historian who has written widely on the history of drugs, psychiatry and madness. His books include High Society: Mind-Altering Drugs in History and Culture, which accompanied the High Society exhibition he co-curated at the Wellcome Collection, London.

Published online 22 May 2013

Nature 497(7450):p 435-436, May 23, 2013. | DOI: 10.1038/497435a

Mike Jay contemplates the chemical legacy of Albert Hofmann, who first synthesized LSD 75 years ago.