Who is the first person to identify vegetable poisons in body tissue successfully?
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Who is the first person to identify vegetable poisons in body tissue successfully?
- Jean S. Stas
- James Marsh
- Mathieu Orfila
- Thomas Bewick
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A - Jean S. Stas
Jean Servais Stas (1850) first isolated a vegetable alkaloid poison (nicotine) from body tissues, in the Bocarme case. Marsh devised the arsenic test; Orfila founded toxicology.
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