CHY 183 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Algor Mortis, Petroleum Product, Forensic Entomology
26 Mar 2017
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* mathieu orfila (1787-1853): in 1814, orfila published the first scientific treatise on the detection of poisons and their effects on animals. *alphonse bertillon (1853-1914): in 1879 he began to develop the science of anthropometry, which is a systematic procedure of taking a series of body measurements in order to distinguish one person from another. His system was based on five primary measurements: head length, head breadth, length of middle finger, length of the left foot, length of the cubit (forearm from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger) *francis galton (1822-1911): undertook the first definitive study of fingerprints and developed a methodology of classifying them for filing. *leone lattes (1887-1954): in 1915, he devised a relatively simple procedure for determining the blood group of a dried bloodstain, a technique that he immediately applied to investigations. Calvin goddard (1891-1995): his expertise established the comparison microscope as the indispensable tool of the forearms examiner.
