When Was Arsphenamine Made?

The first of these was arsphenamine, which was developed in 1910 by the German medical scientist Paul Ehrlich

Paul Ehrlich
Ehrlich popularized the concept of a magic bullet. He also made a decisive contribution to the development of an antiserum to combat diphtheria and conceived a method for standardizing therapeutic serums. In 1908, he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his contributions to immunology.
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for the treatment of syphilis.

When was Arsphenamine invented?

So it was that another arsenical – diamino dihydroxy arsenobenzol (arsphenamine) – was discovered, synthesized in 1907 by Alfred Bertheim, and tested on spirochaetes by Ehrlich's assistants.

What was Arsphenamine used for?

History of Microbiology

His search for such compounds led to the discovery of several drugs useful in the treatment of protozoal and spirochetal diseases between 1905 and 1915. The arsenical compound, arsphenamine (salvarsan, compound 606), was used to treat syphilis until the advent of penicillin.

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