Citation

Greenberg LA. New Engl. J. Med. 1950; 243(4): 124-129.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1950, Massachusetts Medical Society)

DOI

10.1056/NEJM195007272430402

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

THE salicylates have been used medicinally since ancient times. Hippocrates described them, and their effects are reported in the earliest works of the modern medical period. In recent years the production of just one of the salicylates -- acetylsalicylic acid -- in the United States has been greater than that of any other medicinal drug intended for internal use -- exceeding 9,000,000 pounds in one year. This drug is today among the most widely used of all medicaments, particularly as an analgesic but also as an antipyretic and in the treatment of rheumatic fever. The large amount of acetylsalicylic acid consumed and. . .

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