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After the assassination of Julius Caesar, a physician preformed an autopsy to see the body had only one fatal strike within the 23 wounds found on the body.
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Fingerprints were used by the first time to determine identity.
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The first legal, public autopsy was preformed.
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Hershel published a book with his finding on the uniqueness of fingerprints.
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Lombroso measures change in blood volume to discover physical evidence that proves lying.
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Ensured that a large part of the coroners’ role was to determine the circumstances and the medical causes of sudden, violent and unnatural deaths.
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Karl Landsteiner identified the different human blood types.
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Victor Balthazar realized that every gun barrel has different markings, and that you can match bullets with specific guns.
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Jeffreys developed and used first DNA test in a criminal case.
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Toxicology Tests become more accurate, and the tests are used more often.
