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1. Who was Felix Hoffmann?
He was a scientist.
2. Why did he try to help his father?
His father was sick.
3. What tree was used to stop pain in the ancient times?
The willow tree was used to stop pain.
4. What substance was in the willow tree that hurt the stomach?
Salicylic acid was in the willow.
5. Who made a mixture from willow that did not hurt the stomach?
Felix Hoffmann did.
6. Why didn’t the French scientist produce the mixture?
Because it was difficult to make
7. Who was the first successful scientist to produce the mixture
of Salicylic acid that did not hurt the stomachs?
Felix Hoffmann was.
8. Which company did he work for?
The Bayer Company
9. What was the name of the medicine Bayer Company produces?
The company produced aspirin
10. Why was aspirin very successful in medical business?
Because it could stop pain and it was cheap.
11. What happened to aspirin in 1915?
Bayer sold aspirin to the drug stores
12. Who discovered that aspirin also help prevent the heart attack?
A British researcher named John Vane
13. What happened to him in 1982?
He won the Nobel Prize
14. How many aspirin pills did the people in the United States take a day?
80 million pills a day
15. Why has aspirin been a great medicine and business success?
Because it made people who take it happier and the company earns a lot of money selling aspirin.