Edgenuity forensics timeline
Category: History
Updated: 17 hours ago
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Created byDante Torres-DeJesus
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Blood Evidence: Portuguese physician Ambroise Paré begins systematic study of woundsBlood Evidence: Fortunato Fidelis begins the practice of legal medicine in ItalyHistorical contextBallistics: Rifling introduced in German and Austrian gunsmithingHistorical contextFIngerprinting: Dr. Nehemiah Grew publishes the first scientific description of fingerprint ridgesBlood Evidence: William Harvey publishes his discovery of blood circulation (Key event for blood evidence)Ballistics: The first "ballistic" analysis: a bullet matched to a moldHistorical ContextBlood Evidence: Chemical methods begin to be applied to biological substancesBlood Evidence: Chemical tests used to distinguish blood from other substances begin to emergeFingerprinting: Johann Christoph Andreas Mayer declares fingerprints are unique to individualsBallistics: Benjamin Robins publishes New Principles of Gunnery (Key invention for ballistics)Historical ContextBlood Evidence: Chemical test developed for ink identification; vacuum first used to collect trace evidenceBlood Evidence: The Guaiac test for blood is developedBlood Evidence: Christian Wilhelm Braxton Hicks attempts to distinguish human blood from animal bloodFingerprinting: Jan Evangelista Purkyně classifies fingerprint patterns into nine types
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