Jeffreys: Aspirin
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And it's been recognized from the earliest times that aspirin—and the similar chemical forms that preceded it—had some pretty amazing properties. Some of the claims in times past have sounded more than outlandish, but the things that aspirin can actually do are nevertheless pretty amazing, even if it's poorly understood how it all works in the human body. In the face of all that's outlandish, the author does manage to maintain a credibly scientific perspective. | And it's been recognized from the earliest times that aspirin—and the similar chemical forms that preceded it—had some pretty amazing properties. Some of the claims in times past have sounded more than outlandish, but the things that aspirin can actually do are nevertheless pretty amazing, even if it's poorly understood how it all works in the human body. In the face of all that's outlandish, the author does manage to maintain a credibly scientific perspective. | ||
| - | The precursor of aspirin, salicylic acid, had been known for some time, but it tended to be too harsh on the stomach to use to good effect. The solution to that problem came about when Felix Hoffman was hired by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer | + | The precursor of aspirin, salicylic acid, had been known for some time, but it tended to be too harsh on the stomach to use to good effect. The solution to that problem came about when Felix Hoffman was hired by the German pharmaceutical company Bayer in 1894 – or Farbenfabriken vormals Friedrich Bayer & Company, as it was known at the time. |
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[quoting from the laboratory journal of Felix Hoffman, 10 August 1897] | [quoting from the laboratory journal of Felix Hoffman, 10 August 1897] | ||
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