"Sikonge. Verabreichung von 'Bayer 205' per os." ("Sikonge. Administration of 'Bayer 205' per. os."). Three African men in front of the entrance of a hut with a thatched roof. The man on the right is drinking from a bowl. The man on the left holds his hands as if waiting to recieve the bowl. The third man is standing behind the administrator. A bundle is lying on the ground next to the administrator. c.f. picture no. IMP-HRN-BOX-UNY-1-08736.--Bayer 205, first named Germanin, today called Suramin, was invented in 1916 by Dressel, Kothe and Roehl. It was introduced into therapy in 1920, especially for the prevention and the treatment of the African sleeping sickness (Trypanosomiasis).--Sleeping sickness is a parasitic disease transmitted by tsetse flies.--per os. means orally, i.e. the medication was administered orally.
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