Discovery and invention
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (Hungarian Biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986)
Pills, patches and Nitrolingual spray are used for treating angina because they act as a vasodilator which allows more blood to flow and more oxygen to reach the heart so easing chest pain and potential damage to the heart.
It is made from nitroglycerin which is the explosive component of dynamite discovered in 1847 by Asconi Sobrero. He thought it was far too unstable and dangerous to use as an explosive because his own face was badly damaged when it exploded in the lab. It was Alfred Nobel who discovered how to stabilise it ... not before many researchers were killed trying to discover how.
I find it quite amazing that Dr William Murrel decided to experiment with it to produce vasodilators which have now been used to treat angina for about 130 years. Nobel was actually prescribed it for his heart condition in the 1880's.
I am using this small bottle of pump spray, which was invented in1997, to symbolise the massive progress which has been made in medicine in the last 100 or so years, often by people who somehow came up with an idea which others either didn't see (or ridiculed) in the beginning. This invention was thoroughly tested by hubby today!
Discovery and invention
“Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.” ~ Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (Hungarian Biochemist, 1937 Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1893-1986)
Pills, patches and Nitrolingual spray are used for treating angina because they act as a vasodilator which allows more blood to flow and more oxygen to reach the heart so easing chest pain and potential damage to the heart.
It is made from nitroglycerin which is the explosive component of dynamite discovered in 1847 by Asconi Sobrero. He thought it was far too unstable and dangerous to use as an explosive because his own face was badly damaged when it exploded in the lab. It was Alfred Nobel who discovered how to stabilise it ... not before many researchers were killed trying to discover how.
I find it quite amazing that Dr William Murrel decided to experiment with it to produce vasodilators which have now been used to treat angina for about 130 years. Nobel was actually prescribed it for his heart condition in the 1880's.
I am using this small bottle of pump spray, which was invented in1997, to symbolise the massive progress which has been made in medicine in the last 100 or so years, often by people who somehow came up with an idea which others either didn't see (or ridiculed) in the beginning. This invention was thoroughly tested by hubby today!