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Amphetamines first synthesized.
Date: 1887
Medical system (Western medicine)
Pharmaceutical industry
They will be popularized for medical use in the 1920s and 30s. Amphetamines will be used as decongestants, and for stimulating the nervous system to prevent combat fatigue amongst soldiers.
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