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    Forensics has a long history dating back thousands of years, with early examples including using fingerprints for business transactions in ancient Babylon and examining Julius Caesar's body after his assassination. The field began to develop scientifically in the 19th century with advances like the first presumptive test for blood in 1863 and establishing the ability to determine time of death based on body temperature drop. Major milestones in the 20th century included establishing the first forensic science curriculum in 1903, implementing the first police crime laboratory in the US in 1924, and developing DNA profiling which revolutionized forensic investigations beginning in 1985.

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    Forensics has a long history dating back thousands of years, with early examples including using fingerprints for business transactions in ancient Babylon and examining Julius Caesar's body after his assassination. The field began to develop scientifically in the 19th century with advances like the first presumptive test for blood in 1863 and establishing the ability to determine time of death based on body temperature drop. Major milestones in the 20th century included establishing the first forensic science curriculum in 1903, implementing the first police crime laboratory in the US in 1924, and developing DNA profiling which revolutionized forensic investigations beginning in 1985.

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    Forensics has a long history dating back thousands of years, with early examples including using fingerprints for business transactions in ancient Babylon and examining Julius Caesar's body after his assassination. The field began to develop scientifically in the 19th century with advances like the first presumptive test for blood in 1863 and establishing the ability to determine time of death based on body temperature drop. Major milestones in the 20th century included establishing the first forensic science curriculum in 1903, implementing the first police crime laboratory in the US in 1924, and developing DNA profiling which revolutionized forensic investigations beginning in 1985.

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    Forensics has a long history dating back thousands of years, with early examples including using fingerprints for business transactions in ancient Babylon and examining Julius Caesar's body after his assassination. The field began to develop scientifically in the 19th century with advances like the first presumptive test for blood in 1863 and establishing the ability to determine time of death based on body temperature drop. Major milestones in the 20th century included establishing the first forensic science curriculum in 1903, implementing the first police crime laboratory in the US in 1924, and developing DNA profiling which revolutionized forensic investigations beginning in 1985.

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    The passage provides a timeline of important developments in the field of forensics, ranging from ancient uses of fingerprints in Babylon to modern DNA profiling techniques. It shows how forensics has evolved from basic observations and analyses to an advanced scientific field that plays a crucial role in criminal investigations.

    The passage mentions that in ancient Babylon, fingerprints were used on clay tablets for business transactions around 700 BC, and that thumb prints were also found in clay seals in ancient China around the same time period, providing two early examples of fingerprints being used for identification.

    The passage states that the Chinese book Hsi Duan Yu published in 1248 was the first recorded application of medical knowledge to the solution of crime, and it became an official text for coroners.

    The History of Forensics

    FORENSICS:
    THE APPLICATION OF
    SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE TO LEGAL
    PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY THE
    SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL
    EVIDENCE. (WEBSTER’S DICTIONARY)
    Forensic Science Timeline

     Pre-historic picture writing of a hand with ridge patterns is


    discovered in Nova Scotia.
     In ancient Babylon, fingerprints were used on clay tablets
    for business transactions.
     700 BC-Thumb prints were found in clay seals in ancient
    China.
     250 BC-Erasistratus, an ancient Greek physician, observes
    his patients’ pulse rates increase when they tell him lies.
     44 BC-Antistius, an ancient Roman physician, examines
    the body of Julius Caesar after his assassination and finds
    more than 23 stab wounds.
    1248-The Chinese book, Hsi Duan Yu (the Washing Away
    of Wrong), is the first recorded application of medical
    knowledge to the solution of crime. The book becomes an
    official text for coroners.
     1658-Sir Thomas Browne discovers adipocere, the fatty,
    waxy, soap-like substance derived from decayed human
    corpses buried in moist, air-free places.
     1686-Malpighi, professor of anatomy at the University of
    Bologna, noted ridges, spirals and loops in fingerprints.
     1752-Mary Blandy was tried at Oxford for murdering her
    father with arsenic. She was found guilty and hanged.
     1784-In Lancaster UK, John Toms is convicted of murder
    on the basis of a wad of newspaper in a pistol matching a
    remaining piece in his pocket.
     1813-Mathieu B. Orfila, the father of modern toxicology,
    publishes Traite des Poisons. He is the first to attempt to
    use a microscope in the assessment of blood and semen
    stains.
     1835-Henry Goddard of Scotland Yard, first uses bullet
    comparison to catch a murderer.
     1842-Edgar Allan Poe publishes “The Murders in the
    Rue Morgue”, the first fictional detective story.
     1863-C.F. Schonbein discovers the ability of hemoglobin to
    oxidize in H2O2 making it foam. This is the first presumptive
    test for blood.
     1865-Taylor and Wilkes write a paper on determination of
    time since death from the fall in body temperature.
     1901-K. Landsteiner first discovers human blood groups. M.
    Richter adapts the technique to type blood stains.
     1902-R. Fischer describes the furrows on human lips; a fact
    that later formed the basis for cheiloscopy (lip print ID)
     1903-The first forensic science curriculum is developed at
    the University of Lausanne, in Switzerland.
     1905-President T. Roosevelt establishes the FBI.
     1908-George Popp firmly established forensic geology as
    a means to find the murderer of a Bavarian woman.
     1910-A.S. Osborne publishes Questioned Documents on
    document forgery in America.
     1924-A. Vollmer, police chief in Los Angeles, implements
    the first U.S. police crime laboratory.
     1933-T. Gonzales of Mexico City Police Headquarters,
    introduces the diphenyl-amine test in the U.S. to detect
    gunshot residues.
     1937-W. Specht develops the chemiluminescent reagent
    luminol as a presumptive test for blood.
     1950-M. Frei-Sulzer develops the tape lifting method of
    collecting trace evidence.
     1974-Aerospace Corp. scientists develop the technology
    to analyze GSR using SEM with electron dispersice X-rays
     1977-M. Soba develops the technique for lifting latent
    fingerprints using Superglue fuming
     1985-Police in the UK first use forensic DNA
    profiling
     1998-The FBI sets up that National DNA Index
    System, enabling city, county, state, and federal law
    enforcement agencies to compare DNA profiles
     1999-The FBI implements the Integrated Automated
    Fingerprint Identification System, allowing paperless
    submission, storage, and search of the national
    database.

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