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first pathology reports were published.
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First autopsies were completed in North America by French settles on St. Croix Island.
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1st highest powered microscope - Anton Van Leevwenhuek
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Richard Meade wrote a book known as "A Mechanical Account of Poisons" in which he covered numerous poisonous plants and animals.
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matching of evidence leading to a murder conviction. Evidence was a torn edge of newspaper in a pistol that matched newspaper in the murders pocket.
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a chemist, Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim's stomach,this helped with the investigation of poison deaths.
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San Francisco was the first city in the US that used photography for criminal identification.
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Francis Galton, a scientist, adapted their findings for the court. Galton's system identified the following patterns: plain arch, tented arch, simple loop, central pocket loop, double loop, lateral pocket loop, plain whorl, and accidental.
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First school of forensic science in switzerland was founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss
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Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert publish first study on hair, First legal case ever involving hair also took place following this study.
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First police crime lab established in Los Angeles.
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A way for scientists to visualize fingerprints even after the print has been removed is developed
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Michigan state university develops software that automatically matches hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in databases.
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japanese researchers develop a dental x-ray matching system. This system can automatically match dental x-rays in a database, and makes a positive match in less than 4 seconds.