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1302 BCE
The first forensic autopsy is preformed
The first forensic autopsies were done in Bologna by a civil officer to determine if a death being investigated was caused by fault -
600 BCE
Use of fingerprints for the first time
Fingerprints first used to determine identity. Arabic merchants would take a debtor's fingerprint and attach it to the bill. -
300 BCE
Erasistratus and Herophilus
pioneered the anatomical by dissecting cadavers to study how organs and nerves worked -
44 BCE
Death of an emperor
Julius Caesar was murder. When this occurred a physician performed an autopsy, and said that the 23 wounds found on the body, only one was fatal. -
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Father of Toxicology
Mathieu Orfila is thought of as the father of toxicology because he founded the science of toxicology. He first established a systematic correlation between the chemical and biological properties of poisons. First treatment in 1813 in his Traité des poisons, also called Toxicologie générale .He demonstrated effects of poisons on specific organs by analyzing autopsy materials for poisons and their associated tissue damage. -
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First uses of photos in identification (1854-59 )
San Francisco uses photography for criminal identification, the first city in the US to do so. -
The Standards of Autopsies are written
Rudolf Virchow wrote the standards of autopsies. The standards are still used today -
Fingerprint identification
Edward Harry developed the first classification system for fingerprint identification. That was soon used during a court case to solve a crime. -
Hair now used in forensics
Victor Balthazard and Marcelle Lambert publish first study on hair. First legal case ever involving hair also took place following this study. -
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Technology helps solve autopsy mysteries
CT Scan is used to reveal the real cause of death of King Tut. He died due to a infection of the leg
