Aspirin (1899)
The first recorded use of Aspirin-like remedies goes back to nearly 500 BC when Hippocrates, the "father of modern medicine," wrote about treating such symptoms as headaches, pains, and fevers using willow bark and leaves -- which contain salicylic acid.
The formula was perfected in 1899 by a French chemist who developed acetylsalicylic acid, which maintained the benefits of pure salicylic acid with less severe side effects. By 1899, Bayer was selling it around the world.
阿司匹林(1899年)
有記載的首次使用類似阿司匹林的藥物要追溯到公元前500年左右,當(dāng)時被稱為“現(xiàn)代醫(yī)學(xué)之父”的古希臘名醫(yī)希波克拉底寫道能用柳樹皮和柳葉治療頭痛、疼痛、發(fā)燒等癥狀。柳樹皮和樹葉含有水楊酸。
1899年一位法國化學(xué)家完善了這一配方,研制出了乙酰水楊酸(即阿司匹林),在保留純水楊酸的功能的同時減少了副作用。到1899年拜耳公司已在世界各地廣泛銷售阿司匹林。