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Charles Gerhardt first synthesized acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) in 1853 but abandoned it because of the onerous production process. Searching for a treatment for his father's arthritis, Felix Hoffmann, a chemist at Friedrich Bayer and Company, discovered Gerhardt's research in 1897. Hoffmann convinced Bayer to market acetylsalicylic acid as "aspirin."
Source:
100 Greatest Science Inventions of All Time; Kendall F. Haven; 2006
Bayer Aspirin: Aspirin History
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