treatment of rheumatic fever, headaches, neuralgia, colds, and arthritis; reduce temperature and pain. The formula for aspirin is CH3CO2C6H4CO2H. Aspirin's scientific name is actylsalicylic acid (ASA). The main ingredient in ASA is salicylic acid. This ingredient grows in small roots, leaves, flowers and fruits on

About 100 years ago, a German chemist, Felix Hoffmann, set out to find a drug that would ease

his father's arthritis without causing severe stomach irritation that came from sodium salicylate, the standard anti-arthritis treatment of the time. Hoffmann figured that the acidity of the salicylate made it hard on the stomach's lining. He began looking for a less acidic formulation. His search led him to the

synthesization of acetylsalicylic acid. The compound shared the therapeutic properties of other salicylates, but caused less stomach irritation. ASA reduced

Since the discovery of aspirin, it has been proved to prevent or protect against recurrent strokes, throat cancer, breast cancer, coon cancer, and reduce the effects of heart attacks and strokes. A heart attack occurs when the is a blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle. Without adequate blood supply, the affected area of muscle dies and the heart's pumping action is either impaired or stopped altogether. When aspirin is taken, it thins the blood, allowing it to pass trough the thinner than usual blood vessels. Studies show that people who take an aspirin on a daily basis have a reduced risk of heart attack or stroke.

Though Hoffmann was confident that ASA would prove more affective than other salicylates, but his superiors incorrectly stated that ASA weakens the heart and that physicians would not subscribe it. Hoffmann's employer, Friedrich Bayer and Company, gave ASA its now famous name, aspirin.

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