1845 Telegraph first used for arrest of a
prisoner (Tawell).
1846 Anæsthetics introduced. “Gentlemen!
Here is no humbug!”
1848 The first Public Health Act.
1851 Stas devises his process to detect
poisoning by alkaloids (nicotine).
1857 Lord Chief Justice Cockburn discredits
microscopical evidence.
1858 “Railway shock” appears.
The Medical Act registers medical
practitioners.
1862 Hoppe-Seyler suggests medico-legal
use of the spectroscope
(Muller’s case, 1864).
1863 Photography applied to surgery.
(1871, criminals photographed).
1864 Listerism introduced.