Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1920-04-29
TIE truth ABOUT ASPIRIN.

icsI first manufactured by Farbenbrick-
en- of Eiserfeld Company of Germany,
the predecessor of The Bayer Co. This
product was patented by that concern
in the United States on February %.
1900, which patent expired February "a,
1911. e., at the end of the period COW
cred by the United States patent. Ger-'
many does not grant patents on any
medicinal chemicals.
AS soon as the United States patent
expired the United Drug Company of
Boston, whose exclusive agents are the
Rexall stores, applied to the Patent Of
fee at Washington for cancellation of
the claim of The Bayer Company to the
exclusive use of the name "aspirin,
which was the name of the product
covered by the patent.
This cancellation was a public neces-
sity because 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
manufacturers have the legal right to
manufacture the product under the for
mula given in the expired patent they
could not call it by its true name 'tas-
pirin," and the public would not know
that it was the same product as that
produced under the expired aspirin
patent.
The Patent authorities decision was
to the effect that the United Drug Com
panys contention was well founded and
the name aspirin" together with the
right to make and sell the product cow
cred by this patent became the proper
ty of the people of the United States
upon 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 COM
mon chemical names as ''quinine, -
"calomel," etc.
This decision was rendered by the
Patent Office on November 80, 1918.
Since the expiration. of the patent
number of Mgh-cfass- chemical houses
of undisputable American origin and
ownership have been making genuine
aspirin. The United Drug Company
supplies Aspirin-U. D. Co. in tablets
and powder, its output being sold ex-
clusively through the Rexall stores.
Several other reliable firms are also
making reliable aspirin tablets of un-
doubted genuineness and purity, the
equal il not superior in every way of
tablets made by The Bayer Company.
USE OF ASPIRIN.
Aspirin is a very useful medicinal
agent. 1t is one Of the best methods
of administering Salicylic Acid. Sail
| cylic Acid is Anti-rheumatic; that is, it's
action is to aid in counteracting the
evil Influences which result in Rheuma-
tism and Neuralgic conditions common
ly considered to be allied to Rheumatism.
1t has u marked influence over the fever
which is commonly associated with rheu-
matte conditions.
Aspirin Is more easily borne by the
stomach than is Salicylic Acid or other
Salicylic compounds. Aspirin is advised
bytmany physicians for the relief of
colds, neuralgia, headache even when
not of rheumatic origin. Aspirin is val
liable also as an algesic; i. e., as pain
reliever. 1t is also used to reduce tenn
perature in certain fever conditions. 1t
is less harmful to the heart than many
other drugs frequently used for the re-
lief of neuralgia pains.
For all of these reasons aspirin may
be considered one of our most useful
drugs, and is deservedly popular, not
only among physicians, but also among
those who wish to treat Rheumatism
and painful affections of the Rheumatic
and Neuralgia order, Headache. etc.
We, as Rexall druggists, heartily rec
ommend Aspirin-U. d. Co., both tablets
and powder, knowing as we do that the
company that supplies them is abso-
iutely reliable; knowing also by tests
that we ourselves are thoroughly capa-
BILE OF making, that Aspirin-U. d. Co.
contains the full advertised dosage OF
aspirin chemical. We know Aspirin-U u.
/ ID. Co. tablets are the equal of any
made, and we wish our customers to
understand that no price, however high,
can purchase tablets of higher grade
than that put out under the name OF
Aspirin-U. d. Co.
| We offer Aspirin-U. d. Co. tablets
under code number CT 378 in boxes of