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Old 12-08-2006, 01:42 AM
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The title refers to the history of asprin

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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction View Post
Aspirin is NOT hype. It saved my grandpa's life during a heart attack.
Blast...
The need to explain this, makes me feel old...

Since it was introduced under the trademark AspirinŽ in the year 1899, acetylsalicylic acid has been advertised as a cure for everything.

The US government stopped this, can't recall when.

Here are a couple of links for education.

Aspirin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspirin

Aspirin
http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_s&hl=en&q=Aspirin&btnG=Google+Search
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