Lightboxes
Cart
alb3811411

Ehrlich and Hata, Discoverers of Syphilis Cure

Portrait of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) and Sahachiro Hata (1873-1938), the bacteriologists from Germany and Japan respectively who discovered the first cure for syphilis. From 1896 Ehrlich (left) tried to find a chemical that combatted the Trypanosome parasites that caused sleeping sickness. By 1907 he tried his 606th compound, dihydoxydiamino-arsenobenzene, but found it ineffective. In 1909 Hata, a new student of Ehrlich's, was practicing in the use of arsenic compounds when he found that compound 606 was effective against the syphilis bacillus Treponema pallidum. Ehrlich, who had tried over 900 chemicals, named compound 606 salvarsan (now called arsphenamine).
Share
pinterestPinterest
twitterTwitter
facebookFacebook
emailEmail

Add to another lightbox

Add to another lightbox
add to lightbox print share
Do you already have an account? Sign in
You do not have an account? Register
Buy this image
Loading...
Title:
Ehrlich and Hata, Discoverers of Syphilis Cure
Caption:
Portrait of Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915) and Sahachiro Hata (1873-1938), the bacteriologists from Germany and Japan respectively who discovered the first cure for syphilis. From 1896 Ehrlich (left) tried to find a chemical that combatted the Trypanosome parasites that caused sleeping sickness. By 1907 he tried his 606th compound, dihydoxydiamino-arsenobenzene, but found it ineffective. In 1909 Hata, a new student of Ehrlich's, was practicing in the use of arsenic compounds when he found that compound 606 was effective against the syphilis bacillus Treponema pallidum. Ehrlich, who had tried over 900 chemicals, named compound 606 salvarsan (now called arsphenamine).
Credit:
Album / Science Source
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
Rights questions?
Image size:
3366 x 4782 px | 46.1 MB
Print size:
28.5 x 40.5 cm | 11.2 x 15.9 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: