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some reporter ask Joe Biden the "Q" question, not "Qanon" you dumb fucks, just "Q"
re Santonin/Pfizer
The company’s first product cured a common
19th-century malady, intestinal worms,
which were usually treated with santonin, an anti-parasitic so bitter that
most people thought the cure worse
than the condition. But the cousins,
pooling the skills of Pfizer, a chemist,
and Erhart, a confectioner, blended
santonin with an almond-toffee
flavoring to create a candy-flavored
medicine that patients would take.
Pfizer’s initial success with santonin
encouraged the cousins to look for other
opportunities to manufacture “fine
chemicals.” Among the company’s
products were quinine, used as an analgesic; borax, used as a preservative and a laundry detergent; boric acid, a topical
antiseptic; cream of tartar, used in baking
powder, and tartaric acid, also used in
foods (both by-products of the European
wine industry); Rochelle salts, a laxative
and diuretic; camphor, a painkiller; and
strychnine, a tonic and appetite stimulant. During the Civil War Pfizer, like
other chemical and pharmaceutical
companies, responded to the demand for
painkillers, preservatives, and disinfectants, producing many products with
medicinal applications, including iodine,
morphine, and chloroform.
One of Pfizer’s important products was
citric acid, which it added to its product
line in the 1880s. Citric acid is used in
foods and beverages — notably soft
drinks — because it is a natural preservative which can also add an acidic, slightly
sour taste.