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Salvarsan

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


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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

Salvarsan can be given to even very small babies, and mercury also is employed with excellent results.

From The Third Great Plague A Discussion of Syphilis for Everyday People by Stokes, John H. (John Hinchman)

He says it is from Salvarsan as it is exactly like what he was injected with!

From The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine by Daniel, Charles William

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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