[salmonet]

I would go out on a limb and say it's a LOT of Asprin. I usually use "surprising" on HN because anything more specific gets criticized surprisingly often, but that is a ton of asprin

[oxide]

it's a veritable fuck-ton. the usual modern dose is 325mg.

[libdong]

The maximum daily dose is usually around 4g. 325mg is probably the dose in one tablet.

[joelthelion]

In the US. It's higher in France, for example.

[easilyBored]

Wild guessing: maybe it contained much less then the xx grams of (pure) aspirin? The rest could have been filler as the tech wasn't as precise as today.