HIstory of forensics
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Updated: 16 Oct 2017
Alexandria Garcia
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Thumb prints were
found in clay seals
in ancient ChinaErasistratus and Herophilus
perform the 1st autopsies
in AlexandriaPhysician to Roman Gladiators
dissects both animal and humans
to search for the cause of diseasethe first recorded
applications of
medicine to help
solve crimesThe missing teeth of
French Duke of
Burgundy are used to
identify his remainsRoman attorney shows that
a bloody handprint was intended
to frame a blind man for his
mothers murderFirst autopsies in North America
are done by French settlers on St.
Croix islandZacharias Janssen designs the 1st
crude microscope w/ the help of
his fatherChinese book, His Duan Yu, is the 1st
recorded application of medical
knowledge to the solution of crime.Erasistratus discovers that his patients
pulse rates increase when they are lying.
Allegedly the 1st lie detector test.Entomology was 1st used in china in 1325Toxicology is introducedBullet comparison is being used
for the first timePhotography is being used
at crime scenes nowDocument analysis is
introducedMary Blandy was tried at oxford
for murdering her father with
arsenic. She was found guilty
and hanged.Mathieu B. Orfila, the father of toxicology,
publishes "Traite des Poisons". He is the 1st
to attempt to use a microscope in the
assessment of blood and semen stains.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 pocketMalpighi, professor of anatomy at
the University of bologna, noted
ridges, spirals and loops in
fingerprintsK. Landstiener first discovers human
blood groups. M. Richter adapts
the technique to type blood stainsM. Frei-Sulzer develops the
tape lifting method of
collecting trace evidencePeriods
Sample of an long eventThumb prints found in clay seals in ancient China
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