Word: salvarsan
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Paul Ehrlich, who in 1912 got the 150,000th Leitz made, used one in his work on Salvarsan ("606"), the cure for syphilis...
...advancing fronts of modern medicine. Ever since Louis Pasteur discovered that many of man's most dreaded diseases are caused by microorganisms, scientists have searched for a drug that would kill the little villains without damaging the tissues of their human victims. A few chemical drugs were synthesized. Salvarsan, "606," developed by Ehrlich, proved to be effective against syphilis. Much later, in 1935, came the sulfa drugs, the medical wonders of their day. But none of the chemical "magic bullets" was effective against more than a few disease organisms, and all of them were apt to have dangerous toxic...
Died. Hedwig Pinkus Ehrlich, 84, tiny, unassuming wife of the late great German bacteriologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich, whose discovery of salvarsan or 606 ("The Magic Bullet") was a major landmark in combating syphilis; of a stroke; in Manhattan. Frau Ehrlich fled Germany...
...last week with a commercial airline for a larger plane which could carry water and dry ice, as well as photographers and newspapermen. Although the desert had not yet bloomed, Peruvians had faith in Rainmaker Venturo. Said one Limeño: "The public shouldn't get disappointed-remember Salvarsan is called '606' because the discoverer failed the first 605 times...
...Bayer cross has belonged to Sterling since its predecessor company bought the Bayer assets from the Alien Property Custodian during World War I. But in Latin America the name and trademark, like those of many another famed pharmaceutical (e.g., salvarsan, luminal, atabrine) have always been German-owned...