Aspirin dates back to 400 BC when people would use aspirin's derivative: salicylic acid, to relive headaches. Its found in plants such as the bark from a willow tree and myrtle.
Aspirin as medicineIts believed that the chemist Felix Hofmann developed aspirin in order to cure his fathers rheumatism. The medication stated being sold in 1899 by the company Bayer & Co. In 1949 it was learned that the development was made under his former Jewish colleague, named Arthur Eichengrun directions but it was cover up during the Nazi era. This means that the drug must be credited to the chemist Arthur Eichengrun as well.
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