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About George Sperti
- George Speri Sperti (January 17, 1900, Covington, Kentucky – April 29, 1991, Cincinnati, Ohio) was an Italian-American inventor who invented Preparation H hemorrhoid medication.
- He also invented the Sperti Ultraviolet Lamp, Aspercreme for pain relief, and KVa Power Meter.Sperti graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1923.
- Shortly afterwards he was named Director of the Research Laboratory.
- His invention of an ultraviolet lamp to irradiate milk to add Vitamin D without changing the flavor was sold to General Foods for US$300,000.
- Sperti donated the entire amount to the University to continue basic research, and went on to develop a successful business line of ultraviolet sunlamps.He also invented the first practical technique for freeze-drying orange juice concentrate.
- He donated most of the money he received from 127 patents to the University of Cincinnati and the Institutum Divi-Thomae, which he co-founded in 1935 in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, with the purpose of researching cancer.
- A cell derivative believed to stimulate healthy cell growth was discovered at the school by Stanley L.
- Baker, PhD and was originally tested on burn victims.
- The accidental application of it resulted in a huge market as Preparation H.
- The primary active ingredient in his invention was a compound containing a live yeast cell derivative (LYCD), which Sperti named Bio-Dyne.
- The FDA later discovered clinical testing irregularities in the use of LYCD, and it was removed from the formulation sold in the US.
- There are stories that the original Preparation H was used to treat burns.
- The Canadian and European versions of Preparation H still contain the ingredient.Sperti later renamed the Institutum as the St.
- Thomas Institute for Advanced Studies.
- It closed in 1988 when he became ill.
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