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Mithridates VI
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. -
Arsenic
Mary Blandy was the first trial recorded with the use of chemical tests to detect the element arsenic. -
Laughing Gas
A man named Humphry Davy discovers nitrous oxide and says it can be used as an anesthetic -
Arsenic within the Body
Valentin Rose uses the Johann Metzger method in order to detect arsenic in the human stomach and intestines -
Alfred Nobel
Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer, and the inventor of dynamite. -
Elements of Medical Jurisprudence
Albert Swaine published a book called “Elements of Medical Jurisprudence”, this was the first book written about the theory of Forensic Toxicology -
Toxicology in Courts?
For the first time, forensic toxicology evidence was introduced to courts in Brive, France -
Arsenic Act of 1851
Required arsenic to be colored with soot or indigo to prevent "accidental" poisoning. -
Friedrich Gaedcke
Gaedcke isolated Cocaine from the South American plant Erythroxylon coca. -
Arsenic Poisning
Lydia Sherman, guilty of poisoning eight of her family members by adding arsenic to their meals -
Constantin Fahlberg
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. -
Toxicology Labratory
The Chief Medical Examiner's Office was founded under the direction of Dr. Alexander Gettler of New York and started functioning a toxicology laboratory -
Blood Alcohol
Widmark corresponds blood alcohol concentrations to intoxication, which later leads to the Harper Drunkometer. -
Marijuana Tax Act of 1937
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). -
Thalidomide
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. -
American Board of Forensic Toxicology
The American Board of Forensic Toxicology was created -
Tylenol Incident
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.
