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- noun A drug formerly used to treat syphilis, yaws, and other spirochetal infections.
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- noun pharmacology, organic chemistry A
phenolic amine derivative ofarsenic that was used to treatsyphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan).
Etymologies
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Examples
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As one reads the reports of writers who have given arsphenamine in large doses and in rapidly repeated courses of treatment, and when one hears of the remissions obtained, in number and in duration far superior to the number of remissions observable in untreated paralysis, it cannot confidently be maintained that arsphenamine is ineffective against progressive paralysis.
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In 1909 Ehrlich and Hata finally achieved success with the 606th experimental compound, patented under the name "Salvarsan" and later known as arsphenamine; in modified form, the drug remained the mainstay of syphilis treatment until the discovery of penicillin.
ArchivesBlogs 2008
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Additionally, as previously mentioned, in 1909, the German scientist Paul Ehrlich discovered arsphenamine, a drug that was marketed under the name of salvarsan.
Syphilis from 1880 to 1920: A Public Health Nightmare and the First Challenge to Medical Ethics 2000
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Malaria therapy, along with the use of arsphenamine drugs, became the dominant treatment of paresis.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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Malaria therapy, along with the use of arsphenamine drugs, became the dominant treatment of paresis.
The Mad Among Us Gerald N. Grob 1994
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It is due to the late Kyrle of Vienna that the malaria treatment was extended to these luetics in that in these cases, which are not yet immediately threatened, he prescribed a course of arsphenamine to precede the malaria, and a second course to follow it.
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Afterwards, this treatment was carried out systematically and with an increasing dose of tuberculin (up to 1.0), and simultaneously a vigorous iodine-and-mercury treatment, later accompanied by arsphenamine injections, was also introduced.
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Yet it seems indeed, disregarding rare exceptions, that sooner or later a point is reached where arsphenamine treatment is unable to halt the fatal progression.
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The discovery of arsphenamine (Salvarsan) by Ehrlich brought new hope.
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In 1915 he was first to use arsphenamine for the treatment of
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
bilby commented on the word arsphenamine
Medicine my arse.
January 12, 2016