biography
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Orfila, Mathieu (Joseph Bonaventure)
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pronunciation:
[aw(r)feela]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1787–1853)
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| biography:
| Chemist, founder of toxicology, born in Mahón, Menorca. He studied at Valencia, Barcelona, and Paris, where he subsequently worked. In 1811 he lectured on chemistry, botany, and anatomy. In 1813 appeared his celebrated Traité de toxicologie générale (Treatise on General Toxicology). He later became professor of medical jurisprudence (1819), and of chemistry (1823). |
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