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Aspirin A Brief History
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.... our aches and pains, reduce our fevers, fight inflammation and save lives.
On August 10, 1897, this chemist, Felix Hoffmann, discovered a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, the
active ingredient in aspirin. Hoffmann had been seeking a pain-relieving medication for his father's
debilitating rheumatism. Not only did .... Part 2 of Paper
....0 years. The compound, called salicin, is found in the white willow tree. Around 200 B.C., Hippocrates, the Greek physician, discovered that chewing on willow bark could relieve pain and fever.
Although ASA was a proven pain reliever, no one really knew how it worked until more than 70 years after Hoffmann's discovery. In 1971, British pharmacologist John Vane discovered that the anti-inflammatory properties of ASA result from its ability to inhibit the body's production of certain chemical m.... |
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