自然博物馆从它诞生起,就始终面对如何避免标本遭受虫害的问题。18世纪40年代时,法国化学家就使用砷化物保护动物剥制标本。然而,在18世纪70年代,人们发现砷的强烈毒性对于标本师的健康有着严重的危害。后来,动物剥制标本便不再使用砷化物或者硼砂作为防虫剂,而开始使用新型标本防腐剂尤兰,减轻了对标本师健康的危害。 Since its birth, the Museum of Natural History has always faced the problem of how to avoid the specimen being pested. In the 1840s, French chemists used arsenic to protect animals from stripping specimens. However, in the 1870s, it was discovered that the strong toxicity of arsenic was seriously harmful to the health of the specimen master. Later, animal-stripped specimens no longer use arsenide or borax as an insect repellent, and began to use the new specimen preservatives Uran, alleviating the health hazard for the specimen master.