1876

Lancet publishes John Maclagan’s findings on effectiveness of salicin (less refined salicylic acid) in relieving symptoms of rheumatic fever (fever, inflammation, pain) of patients at Dundee Royal Infirmary in Scotland. Almost contemporaneously, Solomon Stricker in Germany declared his tests showed effectiveness of salicylic acid in treatment rheumatism (Jeffreys, 49-55).