The Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine

ASPIRIN

Aspirin is an analgesic that can relieve fever and muscle aches. Following the death of Jonathon Denny in England during the 1980s, and the and subsequent campaigning by his mother, children under the age of 16 are no longer given aspirin, which can cause the fatal Reye's Syndrome. Tragically, Jonathon, a young child living at Pyrford in Surrey, was involved in a minor accident on his bicycle. Subsequently, a medical official gave him a large quantity of aspirin without first consulting his medical notes and seeing that Jonathan was allergic to aspirin. His death followed quickly, and for many years his mother campaigned until finally - despite the disinterest of the mainstream media, the medical profession in England and America agreed to stop supplying aspirin to children.
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