The Arsenic Compound That Proved Highly Effective in Treating Syphilis

question 60

Multiple Choice

The arsenic compound that proved highly effective in treating syphilis was called

• A) penicillin.
• B) sulfa.
• C) erythromycin.
• D) Salvarsan.
• E) erlichsan.

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Definitions:

Government Contracts

Agreements made between a private company and the government to provide goods or services.

Mechanization

The process of using machinery and technology to perform tasks that were previously done manually.

Slave-Owning Indians

Indigenous peoples in the Americas who owned slaves, a practice influenced by European colonization.

Confederacy

The group of eleven southern states that seceded from the United States from 1860-1861, forming the Confederate States of America and initiating the Civil War.