Salvarsan is the medicine used for which disease?

Maleria

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Syphilis

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Solution

The correct option is B Syphilis
Salvarsan is the medicine used for Syphilis. It is also called arsphenamine.
It was the first antibacterial, discovered by Paul Ehrlich (a German Bacteriologist). In 1908, he got the Nobel Prize for discovering arsphenamine (Salvarsan).

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