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'''David I. Macht''' was a medical researcher at John Hopkins University, with a number of notable achievements, including:  
* In the field of toxicology, Dr. Macht is known for his work regarding phytopharmocology (using plant based methods) for determining toxicity.  Dr. Macht wrote in the peer reviewed journal ''Science'' that the toxicity test used for the study on Levitical clean and unclean animals that this method was "certainly just as reliable as those gathered from animal test subjects, if not more so".<ref>Macht, D.I. (1930). Contributions to phytopharmacology or the applications of plant physiology to medical problems. ''Science'', 71, 302-306.</ref>  Dr. Macht added "poisons elaborated or produced by animals or zoogenic poisons, are commonly much more toxic for living plant protoplam than for living animal tissues."   
* In the field of toxicology Dr. Macht was a snake venom expert.    
* In conservative Jewish religious circles, Dr. Macht is known for his work reported in a John Hopkins University publication indicating that kosher food (meat, fish, etc) is less toxic than non-kosher food. 
* Dr. Macht had research indicating the harmful physiological effects of meat and milk combinations.  
* Dr. Macht compared conventional animal slaughtering versus kosher slaughtering and determined that kosher slaughtering produced less toxic meat. 
* Dr. Macht had considerable expertise in Hebrew literature as well. 

Johns Hopkins University honors Dr. Macht vis a vis the David I. Macht award.