Salvarsan
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1920s
name: label: maker
content: H.A. Metz Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Glass vial containing salversan, in a turned wooden case with an “H. A. METZ LABORTORIES, / NEW YORK” label. Herman August Metz (1867-1934) was a New Yorker of German descent who worked for several firms that manufactured and imported German dyestuffs, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. In 1903 he established his own firm, H. A. Metz & Co.
label: Description
content: Arsphenamine, also known as compound 606, was first synthesized in 1907 in Paul Ehrlich's laboratory by Alfred Bertheim. Sahachiro Hata discovered the antisyphilitic activity of the compound in 1909. Hoechst AG introduced the drug to the market under the trade name Salvarsan in 1910.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Sterling Drug Collection
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of The History Factory
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2001.0314.213
label: accession number
content: 2001.0314
label: catalog number
content: 2001.0314.213
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; wood; paper; cotton; steel; organic material (arsphenamine) (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.4 cm x 3.2 cm; 4 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: cylinder: 4 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 10.4775 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: ampoule: 2 7/8 in x 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 1.5875 cm
label: Measurements
content: file: 2 1/8 in x 1/4 in; 5.3975 cm x .635 cm