num_pages: 352
description: Diarmuid Jeffreys traces the story of aspirin from the drug's origins in ancient Egypt, through its industrial development at the end of the nineteenth century and its key role in the great flu pandemic of 1918, to its subsequent exploitation by the pharmaceutical conglomerates and the marvelous powers still being discovered today.
language: English
title: Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug
titlecomplete: Aspirin: The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug
genres: Medicine, Popular Science, History, Science, Health, World History, Health Care, Nonfiction, Microhistory, Medical
ratings_count: 282
publisher: Bloomsbury USA