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5. In the Army's manual for field medics...

Tue Oct 24, 2023, 01:40 AM

Oct 2023

...it lists all the things a medic carries in his field bag, and when it comes to aspirin it says "Aspirin is the best drug you will carry."

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And some cardiologists prescribe it for the heart... Ninga Oct 2023 #1

Mine does, I have to take one aspirin every day. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2023 #2

Maybe less so, now sl8 Oct 2023 #8

Is it 25 cents in Canada? Sneederbunk Oct 2023 #3

In the Army's manual for field medics... jmowreader Oct 2023 #5

Native cultures used Salix (willow) bark for similar uses' PufPuf23 Oct 2023 #6

But some of us csn't use aspirin. I can't, for two reasons. wnylib Oct 2023 #7