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This was the first criminal case! Someone was stabbed in China and so everyone's knives (within the village) were gathered. Once gathered, flies kept going to one of the knives which ultimately led to a suspect's confession
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Father of Toxicology; published paper on effects of poison on animals
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His work focused on the use of thumbprints for identification
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Came up with anthropometry- using body measurements for identification
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Eliminated innocent suspect using fingerprints
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Early CSI novelist- author of Sherlock Holmes series
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Wrote Finger Prints: explained uniqueness and classification
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Published Criminal Investigation book. Connected science and criminal law/investigation.
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Nobel Prize winner that discovered ABO blood groups
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Used Gross' discoveries and applied them to a real crime lab
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Wrote Published Documents which was instrumental in document analysis (forgery, handwriting)
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Discovered how to type dry blood
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Established 1st crime lab in the US (LA)
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Came up with a comparison microscope which was initially used to compare bullets
