... ; Salicylic acid .Function: acesodyne,, allay fever, diminish inflammation,a bitter powder extracted from willow bark that could ease aches and pains ... is also mentioned in texts from , , and .[] The Reverend , a vicar from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire England, noted in 1763 ... Salix, was isolated to its crystalline form in 1828 by , a French pharmacist, and , an Italian chemist, who then succeeded ...