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What does arsphenamine mean?

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  1. (pharmacology) A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan).
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Two month courses of intravenous arsphenamine would then be alternated with intramuscular Bismuth.
So powerful is arsphenamine that doctors can give it only in single doses extending over a period of 18 months.
More recently silver arsphenamine has been used in topical astringent preparations.
In 1910, with his Japanese colleague Sahachiro Hata, he developed arsphenamine, a synthetic preparation containing arsenic, which sold under the name of Salvarsan.
During the past few years some French physicians have reported favorably on the intrarectal administration of arsphenamine.

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