Article: Origin of Aspirin

The link below takes a look at the origin of aspirin and the terrible treatment of its inventor, Arthur Eichengrun.

For more visit:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/49294/retrobituaries-arthur-eichengr%C3%BCn-inventor-aspirin

Article: USA – Riverboat Sultana Explodes on the Mississippi

The link below is to an article on the terrible riverboat disaster involving the Sultana on the Mississippi River.

For more visit:
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/02/25/Death-on-the-Mississippi/

Article: Gross Medicine

The link below is to an article that looks at some of the terrible treatments for illness and disease in history.

For more visit:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/31675/historys-grossest-medical-treatments