The fall and rise of aspirin - the wonder drug

By Alan Dronsfield2008-07-01T00:00:00

Alan Dronsfield reviews this guide to aspirin

The fall and rise of aspirin - the wonder drug

Peter Sheldon

Studley: Brewin Books 2007 | Pp286 | £12.95 | ISBN 978-1-858-584-034

The author of this book is a doctor of medicine and this shows in his approach. Thus we have some 130 pages on assorted fevers and herbals and only in the latter part of this section do we touch on the willow bark which contains the salicylic acid derivative that was sometimes used as a pain reliever/fever reducer in the pre-aspirin era.

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