Arthur Eichengrün
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Arthur Eichengrün was a German Jewish chemist, materials scientist, and inventor. He is known for developing the highly successful anti-gonorrhea drug Protargol, the standard treatment for 50 years un
Arthur Eichengrün at Bayer (ca. 1900)
Aspirin
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Aspirin is the genericized trademark for acetylsalicylic acid, a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation, and as an antithrombotic. Aspirin is used to treat in
Arthur Eichengrün
…Aspirin, Eichengrün held 47 patents. Bayer's official story credits Felix Hoffmann, a young Bayer chemist, with the invention of aspirin in 1897. Impure acetylsalicylic acid (ASA, the active compound of aspirin) had been synthesized already in 1853 by French chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt; the 1897 process developed at…
Pure acetylsalicylic acid
1923 advertisement
Old package. "Export from Germany is prohibited"
In Canada and many other countries, "Aspirin" remains a trademark, so generic aspirin is sold as "ASA" (acetylsalicylic acid).