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A Brief History of ArthritisArthritis has been around for millennia, and it is not solely a human condition. For instance, in dinosaur's ankle fossils, evidence of Osteoarthritis has been discovered, and the first known occurrences of arthritis in humans date back at least as far as 4,500 BC.
Much evidence of Arthritis has been
found right through history. For example, Arthritis has been found in the skeletal remains of Native Americans, and also in ancient Egyptian mummies, such as Ötzi (a mummy from around 3,000 BC).
At around 500 BC, the bark of the willow tree was found to help relieve some of the symptoms of Arthritis, and it soon gained widespread popularity as a result.
In the early 1820s, European scientists began to study willow bark to try and find what it contained that helped alleviate the symptoms of Arthritis. The result of this research was the isolation of the a compound called salicin.
However, when the compound was isolated and ingested, they found that salicin was very irritating to the stomach.
In 1897, Felix Hoffman, employed by the Bayer Company (which was then in the dye production business), was attempting to make the drug in order to help his father, who was suffering from Arthritis. He successfully discovered how to isolate the compound and make it less irritating to the stomach. In 1899, the Bayer Company trademarked Hoffman's discovery under the now famous name of "Aspirin".
Today it is thought that probably well over a trillion tablets of Aspirin have been sold worldwide since it was first introduced.
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