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Poppy plant.
The anonymous writer describes the euphoric mind-altering sensations caused by ingesting the common poppy plant.
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300 BC - Comparing brains of animals
1543 - Illustrated anatomy book
1875 - Human Behavior lab
1905 - IQ Tests
1929 - Brainwaves recorded
1934 - Lobotomy
Discoveries
4000 BC - First writing on brain
1791 - "animal electricity"
1862 - Speech centers
1872 - Darwin
1899 - Aspirin
1938 - LSD
1953 - REM
1987 - Prozac
1997 - Prions
Weird Stuff
2000 BC - Trepanation
1100 - Medieval Surgery
1808 - Phrenology
1848 - Phineas Gage
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