Medical term:

salvarsan


Sal·var·san

(sal'var-san),
Historic proprietary name for arsphenamine.
[L. salvare, to preserve, + sanitas, health]
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salvarsan

(săl′vər-săn′)
n.
The drug arsphenamine.
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The 606th arsenical compound synthesised by Paul Ehrlich
Pros It was the first effective therapy for syphilis
Cons Toxicity, difficult to administer, long-term therapy required. It was superseded by penicillin in 1943
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Salvarsan

Medical history An antisyphilitic arsenical compound synthesized by Paul Ehrlich. See Magic bullet.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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