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The first recorded case to use forensic science. In 13th century China, a stabbing case was solved by collecting all of the knives in the village and seeing which knife attracted flies. The flies only landed on one knife, resulting in the culprit's confession.
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Mathieu Orfila was a chemist who published the first scientific paper on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals, and is considered the "Father of Toxicology."
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Used thumbprints on documents to identify his workers in India.
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The "Father of Criminal Identification," Alphonse Bertillon developed Anthropometry, which uses body measurements, to distinguish and identify individuals.
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Used fingerprints to eliminate an innocent burglary suspect.
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Published his first Sherlock Holmes story; considered the first "CSI," featured in four novels and 56 short stories, and popularized scientific crime-detection methods.
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Published Finger Prints, and conducted the first definitive study of fingerprints and their classification, giving proof of their uniqueness.
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Wrote the first paper describing the application of scientific principles to the field of criminal investigation. Published Criminal Investigation.
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Discovered the ABO blood groups, later recieved Nobel Prize.
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Incorporated Gross' principles within a workable crime lab; became the founder and director of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyons, France.
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Published Questioned Documents. Developed the fundamental principles of document examination.
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Developed a method for determining blood type from dried blood.
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Established the First Crime Lab in the United States, located in Los Angeles.
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Developed a comparison microscope; first used to compare bullets to see if they were fired from the same weapon.
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