The Practitioners

Find out about the doctors who used apomorphine to treat addiction.

John Edward Tompkins, 1867–1908

First physician to record apomorphine’s benefits for treating alcohol withdrawal. Read more…

Charles Douglas, 1860s – 1930s

First doctor to develop a treatment for alcoholics using apomorphine. Read more…

Francis Everard Hare, 1856 – 1928

Irish born doctor, medical researcher and author, who discovered small regular doses of apomorphine reduced craving. Read more…

John Yerbury Dent, 1888–1962

Physician and author, tireless advocate of apomorphine. He endeavoured to make it widely available and made it famous enough to last. Read more…

Arne Tallberg 1902–1985

Physician who established an out-patient alcohol treatment model for the non-aversive use of apomorphine. Read more…

Oluf Martensen Larsen, 1912–2000

Physician and psychiatrist; originator of antabuse, who switched to apomorphine and led an investigation into its efficacy. Read more…

Harry Feldman, 1919–1984

Physician and neuro-psychiatrist, the first to record, analyse and publish data on the non-aversive use of apomorphine. Read more…

Hanswilhelm Beil, 1924–2002

Physician and psychotherapist, a ‘friend to addicts’ who tested apomorphine and published evidence on its non-aversive use. Read more…

Carl Carlsson 1931–

Swedish addiction specialist, who proved that apomorphine has a significant effect on craving and tension. Read more…