Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (April 24, 1787 - March 12, 1853) was a Spanish-born French toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were no reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques and refined existing techniques in his first treatise, Traite des poisons, greatly enhancing their accuracy. He died in 1853 at the age of 65. Lithograph by A. Collette, undated.

Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (April 24, 1787 - March 12, 1853) was a Spanish-born French toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were no reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques and refined existing techniques in his first treatise, Traite des poisons, greatly enhancing their accuracy. He died in 1853 at the age of 65. Lithograph by A. Collette, undated. Stock Photo

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RMT96HAN–Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (April 24, 1787 - March 12, 1853) was a Spanish-born French toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were no reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques and refined existing techniques in his first treatise, Traite des poisons, greatly enhancing their accuracy. He died in 1853 at the age of 65. Lithograph by Z. Belliard, undated.

RM2CATX4T–Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (24 April 1787 – 12 March 1853) was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. From the book La ciencia y sus hombres : vidas de los sabios ilustres desde la antigüedad hasta el siglo XIX T. 3 [Science and its men: lives of the illustrious sages from antiquity to the 19th century Vol 3] By by Figuier, Louis, (1819-1894); Casabó y Pagés, Pelegrín, n. 1831 Published in Barcelona by D. Jaime Seix, editor , 1879 (Imprenta de Baseda y Giró)

RMT96HAK–Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (April 24, 1787 - March 12, 1853) was a Spanish-born French toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. In Orfila's time the primary type of poison in use was arsenic, but there were no reliable ways of testing for its presence. Orfila created new techniques and refined existing techniques in his first treatise, Traite des poisons, greatly enhancing their accuracy. He died in 1853 at the age of 65. Line engraving by P. F. Bertonnier, undated.