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methampyrone (medicine) and De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (sh)


methampyrone (medicine)


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dipyrone
<chemical> ((2,3-dihydro-1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-1h-pyrazol-4-yl)methylamino)methanesulfonic acid. A drug that has analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and antipyretic properties. It is the sodium sulfonate of aminopyrine. Because of the risk of serious adverse effects its use is justified only in serious situations where no alternative is available or suitable.

Pharmacological action: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents.

Chemical name: Methanesulfonic acid, ((2,3-dihydro-1,5-dimethyl-3-oxo-2-phenyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)methylamino)-, sodium salt


De Havilland, Sir Geoffrey (sh)




born July 27, 1882, Haslemere, Surrey, Eng.
died May 21, 1965, Watford, Hertfordshire

British aircraft designer and manufacturer.

In 1910 he built and flew an airplane with a 50-horsepower engine. He formed his own company in 1920 and built the commercially successful two-seater Moth. In World War II the twin-engined Mosquito was the company's most successful product. After the war he pioneered the manufacture of jet-propelled airplanes with his Comet passenger jet and Vampire and Venom jet fighters.