
Mathieu Orfila
chemistforensic scientistpharmacologistphysicianphysiologisttoxicologist
Who was Mathieu Orfila?
Mateo Orfila y Rotger (Menorca, 1787- Paris, 1853), professor of Legal Medicine in Paris and founder of toxicology
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Mathieu Orfila (CC BY-SA 4.0).