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ArticleMaedica2022

Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787-1853): The Founder of Modern Toxicology.

Spyros N Michaleas, Aristidis S Veskoukis, George Samonis, Constantinos Pantos, Georges Androutsos, Marianna Karamanou

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Spyros N MichaleasDepartment of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Aristidis S VeskoukisDepartment of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Physical Education, Sport Science and Dietetics, University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece.
George SamonisDepartment of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Constantinos PantosDepartment of Pharmacology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Georges AndroutsosDepartment of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Marianna KaramanouDepartment of History of Medicine and Medical Ethics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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Mateu Joseph Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger was a prominent Spanish chemist and scholar of the 19th century whose experimental work has enormously contributed to the progress of toxicology. Being a pioneer with his research on the effects of toxins and antidotes on live animals, he established basic principles of modern medicine and pharmacology. Orfila improved the accuracy of several chemical techniques such as the Marsh test. He served as an expert and well-known scientific investigator in important legal trials involving alleged poisonings with arsenic and other chemical substances. In 1840, he was asked to investigate the notorious case of Charles Lafarge's death, whose wife had been accused with murder by poisoning his food with arsenic. After four failed chemical analyses, Orfila was finally able to detect arsenic in the victim's body, leading the court to convict Madame Lafarge. Due to his overall contribution to the field, Orfila is considered the father of modern toxicology.

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