Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Invention Quiz...


For thousands of years doctors told patients suffering from pain to chew on the bark of a willow tree. Even as far back as 400 B.C. Hippocrates recommended a tea made from yellow leaves. It wasn't until the 1800's that scientists discovered what was in the willow tree that relieved pain and reduced fever.
What was the substance called?

4 comments:

Monique said...

That butter stick would work great on buttering pans and stuff before cooking eggs. Not a bug fan of the spray.

My guess is Aspirin.

H said...

COKE!

Bill said...

ASPIRIN
Felix Hoffmann, a German chemist, produced a stable form of acetylsalicylic acid, more commonly known as aspirin, in 1897. Hoffmann, was searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis. He studied French chemist named Charles Gergardt's experiments and "rediscovered" acetylsalicylic acid--or aspirin, as we now know it.

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