History of forensic science

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  • 1249 BCE

    The great italian surgeon

    famous for his anticipation of the antiseptic treatment of wounds
  • 1248 BCE

    The Chinese book

    Describes how to distinguish drowning from strangulation , the first recorded application of medical knowledge.
  • 1248 BCE

    The Chinese book

    Describes how to distinguish drowning from strangulation, the first recorded medical knowledge to the solution of crime.
  • 1000 BCE

    Roman courts

    An attorney in roman court, showed that bloody palm prints were meant to frame a blind man of his mothers murder.
  • 700 BCE

    Fingerprints and identity

    Chinese used fingerprints to establish identity of documents and clay scuptures.
  • 300 BCE

    Forensic techniques

    Documented details of chinese using forensic techniques to solve a murder case.
  • 100 BCE

    Evidence of fingerprints

    In early paintings and rock carvings of prehistoric humans

  • Karl Wilhem Scheele

    discovers that he could change arsenious oxide to arsenious acid , the discovery later plays a big part in forensic detection of arsenic.

  • Eugene Francois

    Suspension of arrest and a jail sentence, makes deal with police to establish the first detective force. Surete of Paris

  • Voice print Identification

    Murray Hill initiated the study of voice-print Identification

  • Thomas Bewick

    uses his own fingerprints to identity books he published

  • AFIS

    Computer data base of fingerprints was developed, which came to be known as the Automated Fingerprint Identification System AFIS. Present day, there are nearly 70 million cards, or nearly 700 million individual fingerprints entered in AFIS.

  • Alac Jeffreys

    Alec Jeffreys developed the first DNA profiling test.

  • DNA evidence

    Mitochondria DNA evidence is used in court for the first time in the U.S

  • NDIS

    An FBI DNA database,NDIS which is the National DNA Index System, is put into practice