Heinrich Dreser

Heinrich Dreser (1 October 1860 – 21 December 1924) was a German chemist responsible for the aspirin and heroin projects at Bayer AG. He was also a key figure in creating the widely used modern drug codeine. Dreser was born in Darmstadt, Grand Duchy of Hesse.

Heinrich Dreser, 1897

Arthur Eichengrün made the claim, yet unproven, that credit for the discovery of aspirin were stolen from him by Dreser.[1]

References
  1. "A Tale of Two Remedies". www.trescrow.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 January 2022.


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