forensic time line
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Wurde aktualisiert: 13 Okt 2017
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Created byCarlos Escobedo
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700 BC-Thumb prints were found in clay seals in ancient China1248-The Chinese book, Hsi Duan Yu
(the Washing Away of Wrong), is the first recorded application of
medical knowledge to the solution of crime.
The book becomes an official text for coroners1658-Sir Thomas Browne discovers
adipocere, the fatty, waxy, soap-like
substance derived from decayed human
corpses buried in moist, air-free places.1686-Malpighi, professor of anatomy
at the University of Bologna, noted
ridges, spirals and loops in fingerprints.1752-Mary Blandy was tried at Oxford for
murdering her father with arsenic. She was
found guilty and hanged1784-In Lancaster UK, John Toms is convicted of
murder on the basis of a wad of newspaper in a
pistol matching a remaining piece in his pocket.1813-Mathieu B. Orfila, the father of modern
toxicology, publishes Traite des Poisons. He is
the first to attempt to use a microscope in the
assessment of blood and semen stains.1835-Henry Goddard of Scotland Yard, first uses
bullet comparison to catch a murderer.1901-K. Landsteiner first discovers human blood
groups. M. Richter adapts the technique to type blood stains1924-A. Vollmer, police chief in Los Angeles,
implements the first U.S. police crime
laboratory.
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