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200 BCE
First Fingerprints
In china used for business documents -
1248
Washing Away of Wrongs
a book that was written on how to distinguish drowning from strangulation -
Period: Jan 1, 1248 to 1248
First accounts of using medicine and entomology in solving crimes
In China used by Xi Yuan Lu -
Period: Jan 1, 1302 to 1302
First Autopsies
Performed in Italy by Dr. Bartolemo da Varignana -
Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Study of effects of violent deaths
mainly studied its effects on internal organs -
First microscope
invented by Hans and Zacharias Janseen -
Treatise
first treatise on systematic documentation -
Period: to
Major Forensic books at the time written
A Treatise on Forensic Medicine/ The Complete System of Police Medicine -
Method of detecting arsenious oxide
Used on corpses to solve murders. Invented by Carl Wilhelm Scheele -
First conviction using a bullet (sort of)
John Toms tried and convicted for the murder of Edward Culshaw because the pistol wad found in the body matched a torn peiced newspaper in the murders pocket. -
Arsenic Poisoning
Chemistry first used in a case of arsenic poisoning -
Bullet Analysis
Henry Boddard first person to use physical analysis to connect a bullet to the murder weapon. -
Fingerprint Classification
Dr. Henry Faulds Established created the first Fingerprint classification system -
Photography
Photography began being used for mugshots and crime scenes -
Fingerprint Bureau
Juan Vucetich set up the worlds first fingerprint Bureau -
Blood stains
Dr. Eduard Piotrowski first person to study blood stains. -
Ulenhuth Test
invented by Paul Ulenhuth to distinguish human blood from animal blood. -
Fingerprinting Criminals
Joseph A. Faurot introduced the fingerprinting of criminals to the U.S. -
Laboratory
first police laboratory created -
Fingerprinting conviction
first person was convicted based on fingerprinting connection.
