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There was no official classification in place at this time.
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Erasistratus created this test when he noticed that his patient's pulse rate increased when they lied.
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When a Roman doctor examined Julius Ceaser's body, he discovered that out of all of his 23 stab wounds, only one was fatal.
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Quintilian, an attorney proved that blood-covered palm prints were left at a crime scene to frame a blind man for the murder of his mother.
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"Hsi Duan Yu" is a book that included the first documentation of medical knowledge aimed at solving crimes. It detailed the process of distinguishing drowning from being strangled.
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"Trait Des Poisons" was published and it was focused on the mant elements of fingerprint detail and chemical elements such as poison.
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Investigators at Scotland Yard began conducting comparisons between bullets and could conduct tissue tests that identified arsenic as a means of murder.
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Body temperature was starting to be used to tell the time of death.
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Modern forensics built upon all of these inventions and tests by including computer forensics, DNA forensics, entomological forensics, and enhanced biological studies.
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Investigators and forensic scientists could now do tests to detect if gunshot residue is on the patient.
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Acid phosphate tests were used to detect semen and early DNA analysis.
