“…It has been shown that the liver rapidly destroys analgesic drugs (Sung & Way, 1950;Bonnycastle & Delia, 1950). It has been suggested that morphine may be partly N-demethylated to normorphine in liver and brain of several species (March & Elliot, 1954;Axelrod, 1956;Mellet & Woods, 1961;Misra, Mule & Woods, 1961;Milthers, 1962a, b). Glucuronide formation in the liver is, however, probably the most significant factor in the termination of the actions of morphine (Way & Adler, 1961).…”