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Mathieu Orfila wrote "Traite de Poisons"
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Matheiu Orfila founded the medical journal named Journal de Chimie Medicale.
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Francis Galton published the first weather map.
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Alphonse Bertillion developed the system of anthropometry.
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Alphonse Bertillion developed ways to measure unchanging facial features such as eye color.
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Francis Galton established the Anthropometric Laboratory to collect peoples' statistical data.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle writes the first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet. This novel helped to popularize forensic science.
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Francis Galton wrote the book Fingerprints that described a system for classifying fingerprints.
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Hans Gross published the book Criminal Investigation which discussed cross transfer of dirt, hair, fiber, and fingerprints.
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Albert S. Osborn published the book Questioned Documents.
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Hans Gross opened the Imperial Criminological Institute at the University of Graz.
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Calvin Goddard assisted in the invention of the comparison microscope.
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Leone Lattes found a method for restoring samples of dried blood so they could be tested for blood type.
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Albert S. Osborn published "The Problem of Proof."
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Doyle published the last Sherlock Holmes short story titled the Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place.
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Calvin Goddard examined the bullet casings from he Valentines Day massacre.
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Leone Lattes developed a system to determine blood type from dried blood.
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Walter McCrone examined the Vinland Map, a map said to come from the medieval times, and found that it was a fake.
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Walter C. McCrone examined the Shroud of Turin using polarized light microscopy.
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Sir Alec Jeffreys discovered a way to compare two sets of DNA in order to detect differences.
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Sir Alec Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test.
