Forensics History
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Updated: 9 Jan 2020
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Created byKyle Joiner
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Scheele develops test for arsenic poison in corpsesOrfila published on detection of poisons. Became known as "father of forensic toxicology".Galton published a book "Finger Prints"Bertillon developed system of anthropometry"A Study in Scarlet" a Sherlock Holmes novel was published which raised interest in forensicsLandsteiner discovered blood could be grouped into typesOsborn published "Questioned Documents"Locard began a rudimentary police laboratory which led to forming the Institute of CriminalisticsJeffreys developed the first DNA profiling testVollmer created the oldest forensic lab in the U.S.FBI organized a forensics lab under directorship of President J. Edgar HooverFBI's Forensic Science Research and Training Center openedWilliam Nichol invented the polarizing light microscopeLeuchs first noted amylase activity in human salivaMichigan State University develops software that automatically matches hand-down sketches to mugshots stored in databasesThe FBI established a new DNA Database, which enabled interstate cooperation in solving crimesApard Vass developed the Light-weight Analyzer for Buried Remains and Decomposition Odor Recognition system for locating dead bodies, known as LABRADOR for shortVictor Balthazard realizes that tools used to make gun barrels never leave the same markings and individual gun barrels leave identifying grooves on bullets fired through it. He came up with several methods of matching bullets via photography
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