discoveries of autopsy By briannagould8 300 study how organs and nerves worked Jan 1, 1200 Autopsies were done is Europe to preserve bodies better Jan 1, 1302 first forensic autopsies was done in Bologna to determine if a death being investigated was caused by fault or not Jan 1, 1502 physician carried out 15 autopsies to determine cause of death 1443-1502 Jan 1, 1543 autopsies were used to distinguished abnormal anatomy in humans Jan 1, 1784 physical evidence was first recorded in a crime scene leading to the discovering of a murderer Jan 1, 1880 Rudolf Virchow wrote the standards of autopsies which are the standards are still used today Jan 1, 1910 American physician Richard Cabot studies 1000 autopsies and finds out that 40% of the bodies that a incorrect cause of death Jan 1, 1987 Toxicology tests are effective after a pathologist in Ohio detects cyanide after a autopsy of a patent John Powell Jan 1, 2005 CT Scan is used to reveal the real cause of death of King Tut. He died due to a infection of the leg 2005-2007