@til Today I learned that Ritalin (Methylphenidate) was named after the inventor’s wife Marguerite “Rita” Panizzon, because it improved her tennis game (article in German). https://archive.li/VGcQD#selection-635.181-635.308
@til Today I learned that Ritalin (Methylphenidate) was named after the inventor’s wife Marguerite “Rita” Panizzon, because it improved her tennis game (article in German). https://archive.li/VGcQD#selection-635.181-635.308
I can’t find any other sources for that and i have no idea how reliable that German source is. Can anyone verify?
EDIT
I found a couple of other sources that say the same thing. I don’t recognize any of them, but enough are saying it that it’s believable. (For a claim of more importance i would need stronger sources, but for a fun fact it’s good enough)