[Use of computers in forensic toxicology analysis].

For more than 10 years the analytical data gathered on nearly 600 drugs and other potentially poisonous substances that came up in our own investigations, as well as the pertinent bibliography, were stored in card indexes and lists. For immediate and fast recall via terminal we now store this cumulative data collection on magnetic tapes or disks in our clinic host computer. Extensive software was developed in FORTRAN compiler language to achieve rapid coordination of the data measured to that stored and consequently permit positive identification of unknown substances. The data obtained by different analytical methods such as TLC, GC, ultraviolet and infrared spectra, or HPLC can be evaluated by selective or sequential procedures using variable tolerances. That is also possible to enlarge and complete these data files in an easy manner using the same software.