Aspirin Adventures

    Stories and More

      Welcome to Aspirin Adventures
      Hoffmann, We Have a Problem
      Felix Hoffmann
      Before Aspirin
      Something New at the Apothecary Shop
      Due Credit for Arthur Eichengrün
      Aspirin Intrigue
      A Festival of Analgesics
      Salsa Analgesica
      The Important Lesson
      Polymers vs. Pain
      Timeline of Discovery
        Cal-Aspirin

      Sodium salicylate bottle
        Pencil and Paper Activities

          Aspirin Quiz
          The Aspirin Label
          Compare the Painkillers
          Aspirin Math for Middle Schoolers
          Aspirin Math for High Schoolers

        Challenge Activities

          Drug Source Challenge
          Medicine: What is Safe?
          Aspirin Detectives

    Hands-on Activities

      Real or Phony?
      Making Aspirin
      Compare the Aspirins
      Painkilling Candy
      Build Your Own Molecule
      Designer Molecules: Esterification
      Blackstone's Aspertane

      Measurin
        Extra Knowledge

          About Acids
          How to Draw Aspirin

    Resources

      Web Sites
      Print and Media

      Glossary
      About the Authors
      Teacher's Guide

      Bayer aspirin with Hebrew label

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      All photos: Courtesy Marvin Samson Center for the History of Pharmacy, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.


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