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Aspirin is also known as acetylsalicylic acid is a natural drug. Salicylate-rich willow bark extract became recognized for its specific effects on fever, pain and inflammation in the mid-eighteenth century. By the nineteenth century pharmacists were experimenting with and prescribing a variety of chemicals related to salicylic acid, the active component of willow extract.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoThe original salicylate (same family as asparin) was an extract of willow bark. This was used in ancient times and became more and more popular over the centuries. Modern aspirin was first prepared in 1853 by a French chemist, Charles Gerhardt.
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∙ 13y agoThe first to make aspirin naturally was a willow tree. It was made by the inner part of the bark. If the very early people (Native Americans, Caveman) had pain they would cut a piece of the willow trees bark and chew it.
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∙ 15y agoIt was extracted from the bark of the willow tree.
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∙ 14y agoCharles Gerhardt
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