forensic science

By keziahgomez

  • reporting cases

    first pathology reports were published.

  • autopsies

    First autopsies were completed in North America by French settles on St. Croix Island.

  • microscope

    1st highest powered microscope - Anton Van Leevwenhuek

  • poison book

    Richard Meade wrote a book known as "A Mechanical Account of Poisons" in which he covered numerous poisonous plants and animals.

  • physical evidence used in a case.

    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.

  • poisoning

    a chemist, Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim's stomach,this helped with the investigation of poison deaths.

  • photography

    San Francisco was the first city in the US that used photography for criminal identification.

  • unique fingerprints

    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.

  • forenic science school

    First school of forensic science in switzerland was founded by Rodolphe Archibald Reiss

  • hair in forensics

    Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert publish first study on hair, First legal case ever involving hair also took place following this study.

  • built crime labs

    First police crime lab established in Los Angeles.

  • detection after cleaning

    A way for scientists to visualize fingerprints even after the print has been removed is developed

  • facial scetches

    Michigan state university develops software that automatically matches hand-drawn facial sketches to mug shots stored in databases.

  • 4 second dental match

    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.