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280
First Autopsy
Greek physician Galen of Pergamum was one of the first to correlate signs and symptoms to death and performed some of the earliest autopsies -
400
Physicians are in charge
Germans and Slavs said physicians are by law the only ones allowed to determine cause of death -
Feb 14, 600
First use of finger print identification
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Apr 11, 1248
Read all about it
First published forensic science book--by Chinese -
San Fransisco
First US city to use photographs in criminal case -
Blood
Human blood grouping ABO--blood stains -
Hair
Identification using hair first used -
Careful where you leave your DNA
DNA profiling -
Toxicology
Toxicology tests now effective in determining poisons etc -
King Tut
Autopsy of late King Tut reveals cause of death to be an infection in his leg