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Salvarsan

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[sal-ver-san] / ˈsæl vərˌsæn /
Pharmacology, Trademark.
  1. a brand of arsphenamine.


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Salvarsan needles to the shamefully stricken�the wine is spilled�both eagles fly to the rescue.

From Time Magazine Archive

Salvarsan, "606," developed by Ehrlich, proved to be effective against syphilis.

From Time Magazine Archive

Popularly called 606 or Salvarsan, this Ehrlich remedy was technically a compound of arsenic known as arsphenamine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said one Lime�o: "The public shouldn't get disappointed�remember Salvarsan is called '606' because the discoverer failed the first 605 times."

From Time Magazine Archive

The disordered mind, the altered character, leaps upward to its old place,—after being dosed by the marvelous drug Salvarsan, created by the German Jewish scientist, Paul Ehrlich.

From The Foundations of Personality by Myerson, Abraham

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