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，當時被稱為“現代醫學之父”的古希臘名醫希波克拉底寫道能用柳樹皮和柳葉治療頭痛、疼痛、發燒等癥狀。柳樹皮和樹葉含有水楊酸。

1899年一位法國化學家完善了這一配方，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。