Puzzle 8-40

Criminals favored the poison arsenic because it actually already exists in small traces in the human body. Looking for a way to catch murderers, English chemist James Marsh was able to develop a technique to reveal an arsenic poisoning. What was it?

Clues:

1. He could test for arsenic on corpses. 2. Arsenic left unique traces.

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