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neoarsphenamine

British  
/ -fɪˈnæmɪn, ˌniːəʊɑːsˈfɛnəˌmiːn /

noun

  1. a derivative of arsenic formerly used in treating syphilis

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

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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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