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Arsenic: Not So Evil After All?

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Annette Lykknes and Lise Kvittingen

Department of Chemistry, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491 Trondheim, Norway

J. Chem. Educ., 2003, 80 (5), p 497

DOI: 10.1021/ed080p497

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2003

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

This article presents parts of the history of the element arsenic in order to illustrate processes behind development of knowledge in chemistry. The particular aspects presented here are the use of arsenic as a stimulant by Styrian peasants, in Fowler's solution, in drugs of the 19th century (e.g., salvarsan), and in current medical treatment, all of which challenge the myth of this element as exclusively poisonous.

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Misconceptions / Discrepant Events

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Drugs / Pharmaceuticals

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