HISTORY OF FORENSICS

FORENSIC DEFENITION

• application of science to criminal and laws, mostly focusing on the criminal side during investigation

ORIGINATION

• The word forensic came from the Greek root forum which means (in open court and public)

HSI DUAN YU

• What he discovered is that scientists can use insects to help them solve a case
• He was alive all through (1186-1249)
• He was 63 when he died

MATHIEU ORFILA

• He had created the base of toxicology
• He even found out how to detect arsenic by using his samples
• He was alive through 1787–1853
• He died when he was 66

John Evangelist Purkinje

• 1st to write a detailed thesis of how to solve crimes with the help of fingerprints
• Life span: 1787-1869
• He was 82 when he died

JOSEPH BELL

• He was working in a clinic and he could diagnose a patient by first sight, he later joined forensic science
• He was alive for 1837-1911
• He was 74 when he died
• Ps: he is the one who inspired the movie of Sherlock Holmes

Bernard Spilsbury

• He was Britian's 1st forensic scientist, he served them for 50 years and recorded all the cases he did
• Lifespan: 1877-1947
• He died when he was 70

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