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Aspirin has long had a global presence. This card shows an advertisement for Aspir-Mint, a flavored tablet made from a combination of aspirin and other chemicals. On the back of the advertisement, the “General Instructions for Taking” section from the front is replicated in German, Spanish, Italian, French, Swedish, Norwegian, and Polish.

In later years, flavoring of adult aspirin tablets and “labeling giving undue emphasis to the pleasant flavor of flavored aspirin” would be prohibited by the FDA.

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