[The work at the Toxicology Laboratory of the Institute for Forensic Medicine]

The author gives an account on the work of the department laboratory of the Department of Forensic Medicine of Semmelweis Medical University. The laboratory was founded 15 years ago. The work, consist of a large number of routine investigations, inspite of that manysided, sometimes complicated. Author emphasizes the necessity of the use of principally different chemical methods in the solution of the same problem and importance of parallel measurements for the sake of reliability and accuracy.