The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1920-01-15
"Why Not Minot {"
The Truth About
Aspirin

a SPIRIN is the name given to chemical
~ first manufactured by Farbenfabricken
4 = of Elberfeld Company of Germany, the
predecessor of The Bayer Co. This product
was patented by that concern in the United
States on February e. 1900, which patent ex-
pired February 81, 1917; i. e., at the end of
the period covered by the United States Patent
Germany does not grant patents on any medi-
cinal chemicals.
$ AS soon as the United States patent expired
the United Drug Company of Boston, whose ex-
elusive agents are The Rexall Stores, applied
to the Patent Office at Washington for can
collation. of the claim of The Bayer Company
to the exclusive use of the name aspirin,
which was the name of the product covered in
the patent.
cause had The Bayer Company been granted
the perpetual exclusive monopoly to use the
name aspirin, the American people would
have been obliged to buy aspirin made only by
The Bayer Company, because the chemical
had been so constantly sold under the name
aspirin" the public knew no other name for it.
The result would be that while other manu-
facturers have the legal right to manufacture
the product under the formula given in the ex-
pired patent, they could not call it by its true
name aspirin, and the public would not know
that it was the same product as that pro-
duced under the expired aspirin patent.
The Patent authorities decision was to the
effect that the United Drug Company's con-
tention was well founded and the name "as-
pirn" together with the right to make and sell
the product covered by this patent became the
property of the people of the United States up
on the expiration of the patent. Also, that
The Bayer Company had no more claim to the
exclusive right to use the name "aspirin" than
they had to claim the right to use exclusively
such common chemical names as "quinne,"
"calomel", etc.
This decision was rendered by the Patent
Office on November 80, 1918. Since the expir-
alton of the patent number of high-class
chemical houses of undisputable American or
igin and ownership have>been making genuine
aspirin. The United Drug Company supplies
output being sold exclusively through The Rex
all Stores. Several other reputable firms are
also making reliable aspirin tablets, so that,
as matter of fact the American people are
privileged to buy aspirin tablets of undoubted
genuineness and purity, the equal if not super
Company.
USES OF ASPIRIN
Aspirin is a very useful medicinal agent It
is one of the best methods of administering
Salicylie~ Acid. Salicylic Acid is an Anti-rheu-
matte; that is, its action is to aid in counter
matism and Neuralgia conditions commonly
considered to be allied to Rheumatism. It has
a marked influence upon the fever which is
commonly associated with rheumatic condi-
tons.
Aspirin is more easily borne by the stomach
than is Saicylic Acid or other Salicylic COM
pounds. Aspirin is advised by many physicians
for the relief of colds, neuralgia, headache,
even when not Of rheumatic origin. Aspirin IL
valuable also as an analgesc; j. e., as pain
reliever. It is also used to reduce temperature
in certain fever conditions. It is less harmful
to the heart than many other drugs frequently
used for the relief of neuralgia pains.
For all these reasons aspirin may be con-
sidered one Of our most useful drugs, and is
deservedly popular, not only among physicians,
but also among those who wish to treat Rheu-
matism and painful affections of the Rheu-
matte and Neuralgia order, Headache, etc.
We, as Rexall druggists, heartily recommend
Asprin-U. D. Co., both tablets and powder,
knowing as we do that the company that sup
plies them is absolutely reliable; knowing also
by tests that we ourselves are thoroughly cap
able of making, that Aspirin-U. D. Co. con-
tains the full advertised dosage of aspirin
chemical. We know Aspirin U. D. Co. tablets
are the equal Of any made, and we wish our
customers to understand that no price, how
ever high, can purchase tablets Of higher grade
than that put out under the name of Aspirin
U. D. Co.
We offer Asspirin-U; D. Co. tablets, under
code number CT373 in boxes of IL, boxes of "a,
bottle of 100, or in larger sizes. We strongly
recommend the purchase of bottle of 100 for
the reason that aspirin tablets, being so ire
mendously useful it would be wise for every
household to constantly keep stock on hand.