There are various arsenic drugs (containing arsenic compounds), such as Salvarsan, Atoxyl, and Tryparsamide. Their main use is in the treatment of:

Syphilis

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Typhoid

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Jaundice

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Solution

The correct option is A Syphilis
Paul Ehrlich, a German scientist, investigated arsenic-based structures in order to produce less toxic substances for the treatment of syphilis. The arsenic drugs used to treat the disease syphilis due to the effect on the bacteria, spirochete, which causes syphilis.
Salvarsan is an arsenic-containing drug used for the treatment of syphilis.

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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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