HISTORY OF SCIENCE CONTEST BY @abdul-rauf

Hello to all members of this wonderful community @steem-change. I believe everyone is doing well by the grace of God.Here comes a new with a different contest from @steem-challenge and were much grateful to @papi.mati for the contest.I am a level 400 Bsc. Biochemistry student of the University for Development Studies,Ghana and I find this contest to be very interesting since it’s about the science world.I am here to share with you a little biography about Mathieu Orfila.
Mathieu Orfila a renowned scientist was one of the greatest Spanish scientist.He was born on 24th April, 1787 and is widely known as the “Father of Forensic Toxicology” in the world of science.He died on 12th March, 1853.
Forensic science is the application of science in answering questions of legal importance. It is an interdisciplinary field comprising different subject areas, actors and organisations across scientific and legal disciplines. Devoted to the administration of safe justice, forensic science plays a crucial role in the criminal justice system (CJS). It can assist law enforcement authorities and the courts in the resolution of crime by facilitating the identification and apprehension of crime perpetrators.
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Mathieu Orfila requested to study medicine at the age of fifteen.He obtained a degree in Chemistry and Toxicology from Barcelona and Valencia.Mathieu Orfila upon these moved to Paris to further his education.
After he gratuated from the college in Spain he applied for a post as a chemistry professor in the college but unfortunately he was rejected and this was before Mathieu Orfila moved to France.

He published his first prominent work in the year of 1814.
Mathieu Orfila got married in 1815 to a woman named Anne Gabrielle Lesueur.
One of the prominent and important cases Mathieu Orfila worked on was the Lafarge Murder.
Mathieu Orfila was called to examine the Lafarge murder preliminary in Paris. In the time of 1840, Lafarge's was poisoned by his wife.

Back in those days no one could have discovered the presence of arsenic in a deceased as a result of absence of any solid methodology. Orfila was given a Task by a court to research the criminal case.
Mathieu Orfila performed a series of test on the corpse and it was revealed that there was arsenic present in the deceased body and the court reported Marie Lafarge to be seen as blame worthy and she was the killer of her husband.
Mathieu Orfila died at the age of sixty-five.

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