Timeline of autopsy and forensic science

death of julius caesr

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an autopsy of julius caesr upon his death was done and 1 out of 23 wounds were fatal

first forensic scinece book was publised

Jan 11, 1248

was made by the Chinese to help solve crimes with medical knowledge

first time forensic evidence used in criminal case

Jan 11, 1784

a man named john toms in england was convicted due to evidence of a ripped news paper in his pocket

investigating posion

Jan 11, 1806

valentin ross was a german scientist who developed a way of detection arsenic in people stomaches to help determine cause of death

first use of photo identification

Apr 11, 1854

San Francisco was the first city that used mugs shots to identify a criminal

finger print ID use in crime

Apr 11, 1892

Juan Vuctich a police officer used finger prints as evidence in a murder case

blood identification

Apr 11, 1901

it was discovered by Karl Landsteiner to determine blood type for evident purposes

Hair identification

Apr 11, 1910

victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lamber published the first study on hair and how it can be used for identification

lie detection

Apr 12, 1930

a polygraph machine was invented in 1921 by john larson to help aid in police stations and when interrogating

facial sketches

Jan 1, 2011

at Michigan state university developed software that automatically matched hand drawn sketches of people to photos in the database