Salvarsan is an arsenic containing drug, which was first used for the treatment of:

Syphilis

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Typhoid

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Meningitis

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Dysentery

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Solution

The correct option is A Syphilis
Salvarsan was first used in the treatment of Syphilis. It was also used to treat trypanosomiasis.

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Salvarsan is an arsenic-containing drug which was first used for the treatment of ...........
(a) syphilis
(b) typhoid
(c) meningitis
(d) dysentery

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