Analytical chemistry and the law: progress for half a millennium.
Chemistry has been used for the detection of adulteration since the earliest times of recorded history going back at least 3 1/2 millennia. Since the invention of printing the subject is easier to follow. Aspects of law and its application via chemistry in regard to precious metals, food, drink and medicinal materials are reviewed over the last half millennium with particular reference to the U.K.
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast BT9 5AG, Northern Ireland, U.K.
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D056246:Chemistry, Analytic / Q000266:history*; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000266:history; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D007878:Legislation as Topic / Q000266:history*; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000032:analysis / Q000266:history
D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations