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In 1814, Mathieu Orfila published work on poisons and how they affected animals.

Francis Galton studied fingerprints and developed a methodology for their classification.

An Italian, Dr. Leone Lattes figured out a way to determine the type of blood from a dried bloodstain and began applying the new test to criminal investigations.

Calvin Goddard found a way of using a comparison microscope to improve this technique to better match bullets.

The issue of cross-contamination was also brought to the forefront by Edmond Locard.

Locard’s Exchange Principle states that there is an exchange of materials when two objects come into contact with each other.

Pathology is a science that deals with disease.

An autopsy is a dissection and examination of the body, often to determine why the person died.

Forensic pathology studies sudden, unexplained, and violent deaths by using autopsies to determine the cause of death in an individual.

Rigor Mortis, as this rigidity is known, occurs within 24 hours after death and goes away after about 36 hours.

Liver Mortis also happens soon after death. This condition in the body happens as the blood stops pumping through the body and settles in the parts of the body lowest to the ground. This condition occurs within the first 12 hours after death.

Another condition that can help determine the time of death is algor mortis, which is the gradual cooling of the body after death.

Forensic anthropology specializes in the identification and examination of skeletal remains.

Forensic psychiatry focuses on the relationship between human behavior and criminal justice.

Forensic entomology uses the study of insects to help criminal investigations.

Forensic odontology provides insight into the identification of individuals through their teeth.