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[Howard Ritter]

Right on both points. In fact, "Aspirin" was originally a registered trade name, now having joined crayola, scotch tape, and kleenex. It's why Bayer still calls its Aspirin "the original".

—howard n7exn

On Dec 20, 2011, at 9:42 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:

> 
> Aspirin is not herbal, even though it sprang from what 
> could be termed "herbal" origins. I don't remember the 
> exact source but it might have been willow bark that was 
> chewed by people in older times to relieve pains.  
> 
> Aspirin was first synthesized (and named, IIRC) by the 
> Bayer  (pronounced buyer) chemical company in Germany. 
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