Forensics.

By ericasarez
  • Sep 22, 700

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay sculptures
    Prehistoric picture writing of a hand with ridge patterns was discovered in Nova Scotia. In ancient Babylon, fingerprints were used on clay tablets for business transactions. In ancient China, thumb prints were found on clay seals.
  • Sep 22, 1000

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder

    Roman courts determined that bloody palm prints were used to frame a man in his brother’s murder
    Quintilian, an attorney in the Roman courts, showed that bloody palm prints were meant to frame a blind man of his
    mother’s murder.
  • Sep 22, 1149

    King Richard of England introduced the idea of the coroner to investigate questionable death

  • Sep 22, 1200

    A murder in China is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community

    A murder in China is solved when flies were attracted to invisible blood residue on a sword of a man in the community
    In China a murder was solved when field men were told to lay down their rice sickles and flies landed on only one. That one was the one covered in blood.

  • Fidelus was first to practice forensic medicine in Italy

    Fidelus was first to practice forensic medicine in Italy
    Italian doctor, Fortunatus Fidelis is recognized as being the first person to practice modern forensic medicine, Forensic medicine is the "application of medical knowledge to legal questions." It became a recognized branch of medicine in the early 19th century.

  • Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope

    Anton Van Leeuwenhoek constructed the first high-powered microscope
    He is commonly known as "the Father of Microbiology", and considered to be the first microbiologist. He is best known for his work on the improvement of the microscope and for his contributions towards the establishment of microbiology. Using his handcrafted microscopes, he was the first to observe and describe single celled organisms, which he originally referred to as animalcules, and which we now refer to as micro-organisms.

  • Paul Revere identified the body of General Joseph Warren based on the false teeth he had made for him

  • John Toms convicted of murder on basis of torn edge of wad of paper in pistol matching a piece of paper in his pocket

  • Gustav Kirchhoff and Robert Bunsen developed the science of spectroscopy.

  • Crime scene photography developed

  • Alphonse Bertillon developed a system to identify people using particular body measurements

  • Edward Henry developed first classification system for fingerprint identification

  • Karl Landsteiner identified human blood groups

  • Edmond Locard formulated his famous principle, “Every contact leaves a trace.”

  • Francis Aston developed the mass spectrometer.

  • James Watson and Francis Crick discover the DNA double helix

  • AFIS developed by FBI, fully automated in 1996

  • Jeffreys developed and used first DNA tests to be applied to a criminal case