Editing Reinsch test (section)

{{Short description|Toxicology test for some heavy metals}}
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The '''Reinsch test''' is an initial indicator to detect the presence of one or more of the following [[heavy metals]] in a biological sample, and is often used by [[toxicologist]]s where poisoning by such metals is suspected. The method, which is sensitive to [[antimony]], [[arsenic]], [[bismuth]], [[selenium]], [[thallium]] and [[Mercury (element)|mercury]], was discovered by [[Hugo Reinsch]] in 1841.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1002/prac.18410240132 |title=Ueber das Verhalten des metallischen Kupfers zu einigen Metalllösungen |year=1841 |last1=Reinsch |first1=H. |journal=Journal für Praktische Chemie |volume=24 |pages=244–250|url=https://zenodo.org/record/1427788 }}</ref>