It was founded in 1922 by Albert C. Barnes, who collected art after making a fortune by co-developing an early antimicrobial drug marketed as Argyrol.    From Wordnik.com.  [My Next Artist Date: The Barnes Foundation!] Reference

And the nurse wasn't there, and I had to swab his throat with Argyrol, the poor thing!.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fountainhead]

Albert C. Barnes used the fortune he amassed from his invention of the antiseptic Argyrol to amass one of the world's preeminent collections of Impressionist and Modernist art.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chicago Reader] Reference

The following have been used: Argyrol, 1 per cent watery solution; Silvol, 1 per cent watery solution; Iodoform, oil emulsion 10 per cent; Guaiacol, 10 per cent solution in paraffine oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Dr. Barnes, who derived his fortune from his development of the antiseptic drug Argyrol, began, from 1910 on, to dedicate himself to the pursuit of the arts, assisted at first by the painter William Glackens, with whom he had become friends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Art Knowledge News] Reference