The kit was made by W Martindale but the actual drug was produced by Meister Lucius & Bruning (Hoechst am Main, Germany). Salvarsan, also known as an arsphenamine, is a synthetic, organic arsenic compound developed to treat syphilis by the German chemist Paul Ehrlich.

Picture Reference: 10321551
Subject: MEDICINE & HEALTH > Materia Medica & Pharmacology > Medicine Containers, Chests
Inventory No.: A600284
Credit: Science Museum

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