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The King of Pontustested used antidotes (a remedy to stop or control the effect of a poison) on himself and used prisoners as guinea pigs. He also created mixtures of substances, which lead to the term mithridatic.
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Mary Blandy was the first trial recorded with the use of chemical tests to detect the element arsenic.
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A man named Humphry Davy discovers nitrous oxide and says it can be used as an anesthetic
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Valentin Rose uses the Johann Metzger method in order to detect arsenic in the human stomach and intestines
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Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer, and the inventor of dynamite.
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Albert Swaine published a book called “Elements of Medical Jurisprudence”, this was the first book written about the theory of Forensic Toxicology
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For the first time, forensic toxicology evidence was introduced to courts in Brive, France
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Required arsenic to be colored with soot or indigo to prevent "accidental" poisoning.
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Gaedcke isolated Cocaine from the South American plant Erythroxylon coca.
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Lydia Sherman, guilty of poisoning eight of her family members by adding arsenic to their meals
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Fahlberg discovered Saccharin while working in the laboratory of Ira Remsen Saccharin is a sweet-tasting synthetic compound, C7H5NO3S, used in food and drink as a substitute for sugar.
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The Chief Medical Examiner's Office was founded under the direction of Dr. Alexander Gettler of New York and started functioning a toxicology laboratory
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Widmark corresponds blood alcohol concentrations to intoxication, which later leads to the Harper Drunkometer.
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This Act made it a federal criminal offense to possess, produce, or sell hemp. Non-medical uses were prohibited in California (1915) and Texas (1919).
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This drug, prescribed to pregnant women to treat symptoms of morning sickness and also used as a sedative, caused birth defects in an estimated 10,000 children.
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The American Board of Forensic Toxicology was created
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In 1982, an unknown criminal killed seven people by contaminating Tylenol tablets with cyanide. This incident resulted in the introduction of tamper proof packaging for medicines.
