Sample of Salvarsan
- Circa 1936
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.Small pink cardboard box with paper label that reads "Salvarsan" in cursive letters in white text on black background. Inside the box is a small glass vial containing a medicine sample, a small blade, and an information pamphlet written in German.
Salvarsan, also known as Arsphenamine or compound 606, is an antibiotic that was an early effective treatment for syphilis. Salvarsan was created in 1907 in Paul Ehrlich's (1854-1915) lab by Alfred Bertheim (1879-1914).
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Science History Institute. Sample of Salvarsan. Photograph, 2025. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/p8w65eq.
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