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Someone was stabbed in a Chinese village. All the knifes in the village were collected, and flies were attracted to the one with blood remains on it.
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Orfila published the first paper on the detection of poisons and their affects on animals.
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Used thumbprints to identify workers in India
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Developed Anthropometry using body measurements to distinguish individuals
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Used fingerprints to prove a suspect innocent of a burglary
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Published Sherlock Holmes. Considered first "CSI." 4 novels and 56 short stories
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Published "Finger Prints." Conducted the first definitive study on fingerprints and their classification
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published "Criminal Investigation."
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, won Nobel Prize
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab. Founded the Institute of Ciminalistics at the University of Lyons, France
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Published "Questioned Documents." Developed the fundamental principles of document examination
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood
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Established first crime lab in U.S.A. located in Los Angeles
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Developed a comparison microscope. First used to compare bullets to see if fired from the same weapon
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