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neoarsphenamine

British  
/ -fɪˈnæmɪn, ˌniːəʊɑːsˈfɛnəˌmiːn /

noun

  1. a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis

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Dr. Traut and consultants tried this & that to bring her out of the stupor�blood transfusions, serums, iodine injections, typhoid vaccine, colloidal sulphur, neoarsphenamine, artificial fevers.

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For gonorrhea, they get sulfathiazole tablets; for syphilis, slow injections of neoarsphenamine and bismuth.

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The doctors first tried neoarsphenamine in their Murphy drip, but found it "too dangerous."

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One morning last week in Orangeburg, N. Y.'s huge Rockland State Hospital, 23 of its 4,700 patients stood fidgeting in line, with sleeves rolled up to their elbows waiting for their weekly injections of neoarsphenamine.

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That morning, she ordered neoarsphenamine from the hospital's chemist, and when she received the yellow powder, did not bother to look at the label but merely mixed five-to-twelve-grain doses of the drug in dis tilled water.

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