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C.S.I History

By JenniferConger
  • 300

    First Forensics

    First Forensics
    Fingerprints are used on clay tablets.
  • 600

    Measuring Volume of Strange Objects

    Being able to prove the crown was not made of gold using density and buoyancy.
  • 750

    First Lie Detector

    First Lie Detector
    Erasistratus, an ancient Greek physician, discovers that his patients’ pulse rates increase when they are telling lies. Allegedly the first lie detection test
  • 1235

    Finding Murder Weapons

    Finding Murder Weapons
    A murder was committed using a sickle. All those in the village who owned a sickle were made to bring them out and lay them in the sun. This then leading to ruling out a particular sickle used in the crime.
  • 1302

    First Medical Autopsy

    First Medical Autopsy
    Bartolomeo da Varignana performed one of the first medicolegal autopsies in the case of a suspected murder of a nobleman.
  • 1447

    Teeth

    Teeth
    Missing teeth of the French Duke of Burgundy are used to identify remains.

  • Physical Matching

    John Toms of Lancaster, England is convicted of murder on the basis of a torn wad of paper found in a pistol matching a remaining piece in his pocket. One of the first documented uses of physical matching

  • Bullets

    Bullets
    The comparison was based in a visible flaw in the bullet, traced back to a mold.

  • Detecting Sperm

    H. Baynard publishes the first reliable procedures for the microscopic detection of sperm.

  • Using Body Temp. To Determine Time of Death

    Using Body Temp. To Determine Time of Death
    Since death from fall in body temperature, introducing many current concepts.

  • Evidence from Photographs

    Evidence from Photographs
    First advocation of the use of photography for the identification of criminals and the documentation of evidence and crime scenes.

  • Crime Lab

    Crime Lab
    The FBI crime lab is created.

  • Body cooling After Death

    De Saram publishes measurements of temperature I cases obtained from executed prisoners. The papers are considered landmarks in determination of time since death from body cooling.

  • Firearm Discharge

    Firearm Discharge
    Harrison and Gilroy introduce a qualitative colorimetric chemical test to detect the presence of barium, antimony and lead on the hands of individuals who fired a firearm.

  • Starting DNA Recognition

    Starting DNA Recognition
    American geneticists discover a region of DNA that does not hold any genetic information and is extremely variable between individuals. Starting our path on dna recognition.