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 | | For the past 100 years, it is estimated that one trillion aspirin have been consumed worldwide in order to relieve aches and pains, reduce fevers, fight inflammation, and help fight against cardiovascular disease. |
 | | Hoffmann, a chemist with Friedrich Bayer and Co., Elberfeld, Germany, began seeking to find such a pain reliever in order to help ease his father's debilitating rheumatism. |
 | | Approximately thirty years later, Hoffmann, determined to help relieve his father's pain in a non-irritating fashion, modified Gerhardt's structure and, on August 10, 1897, he obtained a pure and stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, or aspirin (the name comes from "a" for "acetyl" and "spir" for the spiraea plant). |
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