ASPIRIN
Felix Hoffmann, a German
chemist, produced a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, more commonly
known as aspirin, in 1897. Hoffmann, was searching for something to relieve his
father's arthritis. He studied French chemist named Charles Gergardt's
experiments and "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid--or aspirin, as we
now know it. |
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Invention: |
aspirin in
1897 |
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Definition: |
noun /
as-pi-rin / originally a trademark |
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Function: |
Since 1899,
acetylsalicylic acid has attained a leading position world-wide in
the prescription-free therapy of painful, inflammatory and feverish
states. |
| Patent: |
644,077 (US) issued February 27, 1900 |
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