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Thumb prints were found in clay
seals in ancient ChinaIn India , Hindu medicine includes
notes on poisons and antidotesQuintilian, an attorney in the Roman courts,
showed bloody palm prints were meant to
frame a blind man of his mother's deathEgyptian Documents had directions for
collection, preparation, administration of more
than 800 medical and poisonous recipesFirst time, the dental evidence was accepted in US
courts was Webster Parkman caseKing Richardson creates the position of coronerFirst forensic autopsies are done at the
university of BolognaPope Clement VI orders autopsies on victims of
Black Death to hopefully find a cause for the
plagueAmbroise Pare writes extensively on the anatomy
of war and homicidal woundsFirst autopsies in North America are done by
French settlers on St. Croix IslandJohann Metzger develops a method for islolating
arsenicHenry Goddard matches two bullets to show they
came from the same bullet mouldThe Bureau of Forensic Ballistics is established in
New York CityThe first paper of hair analysis is published by
FranceIn what is the first ballistic comparison, John
Toms is convicted of murder based on the
match of paper wadding removed from the
victims wound with paper found in Tom's jacketUniversity of Leipzig offers the first courses in forensic medicineFirst United States use of DNA for a conviction in
the Florida case of Tommy Lee Andrews
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