LSD My Problem Child by Albert Hofman
On April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann ingested 0.25 milligrams (250 micrograms) of LSD. Between one and two hours later, Hofmann experienced slow and gradual changes in his perception. And rod home on a bicycle. On the way objects in his field of vision wavered and distorted as if seen in a convex mirror.
"Bicycle Day"
April 19, 1943, Albert Hofmann, a chemist for Sandoz, in Basel, Switzerland, ingested a minute amount—just 250 micrograms--of a compound derived from the ergot fungus. He soon felt so disoriented that he rode his bicycle home, where he experienced all the effects of lysergic acid diethylamide. His contributions to psychedelic chemistry extended beyond LSD. In the 1950s, he analyzed Psilocybe cubensis, a “magic mushroom” consumed by Indians in Mexico, and deduced that its primary active ingredient is psilocybin. Hofmann's research inspired other scientists around the world to investigate LSD, psilocybin and similar compounds, which psychiatrist Humphry Osmond dubbed psychedelic, based on the Greek words for “mind-revealing.” Excerpt from Scientific American
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