Name the following:
(a) The drug based on arsenic compound, produced in 1910 which killed germs of syphilis.

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Salvarsan.
Salvarsan is an arsenic based antimicrobial drug that in 1910 was used to treat syphilis, an STD. It was proved to be poisonous as it had ill effects on human health.

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