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The first autopsies were recorded around 300 BC
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1247 was the year of the first forensic medicine book
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1302 is the year of the first legal autopsy
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1507 was the year of the first written records about forensic pathology
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it was impossible to tell abnormal anatomy from normal anatomy until Andreas Vesalius work titled De Humani Corporis Fabrica
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Autopsies were not a popular procedure until around 1761
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First big work on autopsies was in 1761 titled The Seats and Causes of Disease Investigated by Anatomy
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Autopsies in medical education peaked during the 1800s
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The cellular doctrine was introduced by Rudolf Virchow. The cellular doctrine is the explanation for the changes in the cells are the basis of being able to understand disease
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Technology helps to improve autopsies
