Salicylic acid 4-aminosalicylic acid, sandulpiride, and landetimide (via Salethamide). Salicylic acid was one of the original starting materials for making acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin) in 1897. Bismuth subsalicylate, a salt of bismuth and salicylic acid, is the active ingredient in stomach relief aids such as Pepto-Bismol, is the main ingredient of Kaopectate and "displays anti-inflammatory action (due to salicylic acid) and also acts as an antacid and mild antibiotic". Other derivatives include methyl salicylate used as a liniment to soothe joint and muscle pain and choline salicylate used topically to relieve the pain of mouth ulcers. Salicylic acid has the formula CH(OH)COOH, where
The Skeleton in the Cupboard (Yes Minister) has to hand a list of the standard government reasons for exempting information from the 30-year rule: it covers every document in the file. The Skeleton in the Cupboard (Yes Minister) "The Skeleton in the Cupboard" is the seventeenth episode of the BBC comedy series "Yes Minister" and was first broadcast 25 November 1982. Jim Hacker is chairing a meeting with his senior officials. One item on the agenda is the disciplinary action to be taken against the South Derbyshire local authority for failing to complete its statutory returns and supply required information. Sir Humphrey Appleby regards this as a