Book ID: CBB000772129

Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times (2006)

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Bertomeu Sánchez, José Ramón (Editor)
Nieto-Galan, Agustí (Editor)


Science History Publications


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xxv + 306 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

The eleven case studies included in this collective volume shed new light on the development of medical chemistry, forensic toxicology, and the consolidation of expert knowledge and scientific evidence as conclusive legal proof in European courtrooms through the 19th Century. They show that the Spanish physician and chemist Mateu Orfila was a key-actor in these changes. His work offers new material for further studies on the development of legal and scientific cultures of inquiry and their interactions in different national contexts. His expertise in trials and his activity as government advisor, chemistry teacher and administrator at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, among his many other activities, enrich our understanding of the complex intersection between chemistry, medicine, and crime in the 19th century. (Abstract provided by Ignacio Suay-Matallana.)

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Description Part of a special collection on History of Chemistry in Spain. (List provided by Ignacio Suay-Matallana in December 2017.)


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Review Essig, Mark (2007) Review of "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times". Bulletin of the History of Medicine (p. 870). unapi

Review Ramsay, O. Bertrand (2008) Review of "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times". Bulletin for the History of Chemistry. unapi

Review Guillem-Llobat, Ximo (2008) Review of "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times". Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam (p. 443). unapi

Review Eddy, Matthew D. (2008) Review of "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times". Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza (p. 170). unapi

Review Jacobsen, Anja Skaar (2007) Review of "Chemistry, Medicine, and Crime: Mateu J. B. Orfila (1787-1853) and His Times". Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology. unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Bertomeu Sánchez, José Ramón
Azara, Liliosa
Tedesco, Luca
García Belmar, Antonio
Burney, Ian Adnan
Alibrandi, Rosamaria
Concepts
Medicine
Toxicology
Criminology
Chemistry
Poisoning
Positivism
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
21st century
18th century
17th century
Places
Italy
France
Europe
England
Great Britain
Institutions
Ecole supérieure de pharmacie de Paris
Académie des Sciences, Paris
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