Forensic Science

By kathrynbare
  • 1500 BCE

    First KNOWN Autopsy!

    The first known autopsies were performed by Egyptians during the middle ages. They did this to preserve organs though rather than the current purpose of forensic studies.
  • 300 BCE

    Starting Scientists

    Around 300 BC, Greek scientists such as, Herophilus and Erisistratus, began to study the contractions of different diseases by examining dead bodies of those who had suffered.
  • Jan 1, 1200

    Autopsy Law

    Once a human body died it was considered dirty and unclean in the 1200's, much like it is still considered dirty today. In response to the idea of that in which was dead as being bad, many people avoided dead bodies until a law was passed in Bologna that ordered certain autopsies to be made in an effort to diminish legal issues.
  • Apr 12, 1543

    Artsy Anatomy

    During the Renaissance, different famous artists began to view corpses to gather information of the differences in the human body from person to person. Leonardo Di Vinci dissected over 30 bodies in order to widen his artistic horizons.

  • Big Influence

    Giovanni Morgagni, also known as the father of modern pathology, was a great influence in autopsies. He studied over 3,000 bodies in his life in an effort to better understand causes of different diseases.

  • Allgemeine Krankenhaus

    Allgemeine Krankenhaus of Vienna was the primary influence of autopsy normalcy. At this institute, autopsies happened multiple times a day everyday and still exists and conducts studies on those who have passed.

  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow showed all of his knowledge and proof of what he learned through autopsies when he introduced cellular doctrine. Cellular Doctrine allowed room for serious examinations of cells to be done in order to investigate causes of death and/or disease.

  • Alcohol

    invention of the absorption-inhibition ABO blood typing technique in 1931 allowed determination if alcohol was a cause of death during an autopsy.

  • Gas Chromatography

    In 1947, Solid state gas chromatography was developed and allowed to test and see during autopsies if the cause of death was due to poisons or harmful chemicals.

  • DNA DNA DNA

    The First use of DNA was used to solve a crime. This is still used by forensic scientists as well as those who conduct autopsies.