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CT Scan is used to reveal the real cause of death of King Tut. He died due to a infection of the leg.
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Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, and medieval Europeans performed dissections for religious reasons or to learn anatomy
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fingerprints were first used to identify the body
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Autopsies were done is Europe regularly that they started to preserve bodies better
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first forensic autopsies was done in Bologna to determine if a death being investigated was caused by fault or not
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writes On the Seats and causes of Diseases explaining his experiences with Autopsies.
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German chemist Valentin Ross developed a method of detecting arsenic in a victim's stomach, which lead to the advancing the investigation of poison deaths
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Rudolph Virchow wrote the standards of autopsies which are the standards are still used today
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Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert publish first study on hair, including microscopic studies from most animals.
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An autopsy is also known as a post-mortem examination, necropsy, or obduction.
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autopsy has been around for more than 100 years.
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The word autopsy is deprived from the greek autopsia, meaning seeing for one self.
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An autopsy is done by a doctor called a pathologist who is an expert in examining body tissues and fluids
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Most forensic science jobs require at least a bachelor's degree, which typically takes four years to complete.
