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Abstract: Encyclopaedias, medical dictionaries, various speciality studies refer to the name of Ana Aslan briefly mentioning: Romanian doctor specialist in gerontology, academician since 1974, manager of The National Institute of Geriatrics and Gerontology (1958 - 1988). Behind all these biographical data there is the life of a lady who chose to devote to research and innovation, who, at the beginning of the XXth century, had the courage to propose and apply innovatory methods to bring us closer to the longcraved "youth without old age". She emphasised the importance of the procaine in the improvement of the dystrophic troubles related to age, applying it at a large scale within the geriatrics clinic, under the name of Gerovital. Ana Aslan invented (together with the pharmacist Elena Polovrageanu) the geriatric product Aslavital, breveted and industrially produced since 1980.
Key words: Aslan, Gerovital, Aslavita.
1. Biographical data.
Ana Aslan was born on January 01st 1897, in Braila, being the youngest child of the fourth children of a family of intellectuals. The father, Margarit Aslan wasted his fortune because of his inability in business and because of his passion for the card games. The mother, Sofia Aslan, 20 years younger than her husband, was a beautiful young woman from Bucovina, with a special education [1].
She attended the courses of "Romascanu" College in her hometown, her childhood being marked by a sad event, namely the death of her father (when she was 13 years old). After this event the Aslan family leaves their hometown and moves to Bucharest.
In 1915, Ana Aslan graduated the Central School of Bucharest. There was no obstacle that could not be surpassed for Ana Aslan so that at the age of 16, she dreamed of becoming a pilot and even flew a small plane type Bristol - Coanda. Eventually, she decides to become a doctor -,"undesirable" field for the women in that particular time. She declares the hunger strike to fight her mother's opposition and registers at the Faculty of Medicine, attending it between 1915-1922 [2].
2. Professional Activity and Inventions.
Endowed with a generous spirit, during the First World War, she nurses the soldiers within the military hospitals behind the front of Iasi. She returns to Bucharest where she works together with the...