Albert Hoffman Bike Day
Hofmann discovered the full effects of lsd on his bewildering bike ride home from the lab.
Albert hoffman bike day. Hi all i thought i d post albert hoffman s trip report from his first full lsd trip on 250µg. Albert hofmann was a swiss chemist best known for being the father of lsd or lysergic acid diethylamide april 19 known as bicycle day commemorates the day dr. The first lsd trip of albert hofmann 1943 in basel cartoon der erste lsd trip von albert hofmann 1943 in basel zeichentrick. Bicycle day is commemorated as the day swiss scientist albert hofmann discovered the effects of the psychedelic substance lysergic acid diethylamide also known as lsd.
The day that has been dubbed bicycle day does have to do with a trip. Skip the next few paragraphs if you want to go straight to it. Lsd creator albert hofmann drops acid for the first time the swiss chemist created lsd in 1936 but it wasn t until 1943 that he first dosed himself and went on a magical bicycle ride. I expect it s been posted here before and most of you may well have seen it but since there s a few posts about bicycle day i thought it might be of interest.
11 1906 baden switz died april 29 2008 burg switz swiss chemist who discovered the psychedelic drug lysergic acid diethylamide which he first synthesized in 1938 by isolating compounds found in ergot claviceps purpurea a fungus affecting rye. Hofmann was also the first person to isolate synthesize and name the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin. He authored more than 100 scientific articles. Albert hofmann 11 january 1906 29 april 2008 was a swiss chemist known best for being the first known person to synthesize ingest and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide lsd.
Albert hofmann born jan. On the afternoon of april 19th 1943 the swiss chemist albert hofmann dropped acid and rode his bike home hofmann who worked in the pharmaceutical department of sandoz laboratories in basel. The rest is. The anniversary of this is dubbed bicycle day to commemorate hoffman s fateful bike ride home under the influence of lsd.
On april 19 1943 albert hofmann the swiss father of psychedelic medicine dropped lysergic acid diethylamide and went on a bike ride becoming the first human to ever trip on acid. However it isn t exactly in reference to a literal bicycle trip.