Asprin was made by Germans, and they lost control of their patents and trademarks during WWI. In Aus, Mr Nicholls made his fortune out of asprin, which, post war, was called Aspro. Which, in Aus, then (informally) became the generic term for Asprin…
Imagine a world without headache tablets! I think that for a lot of people, asprin was a major advance of civilization.