Factoid of the day

Dr. Joseph Warren, a pioneer in fighting smallpox in Boston by innoculation, was also a Mason and a revolutionary who was killed in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

His body was place in a mass grave (sans clothes) and was later identified by Paul Revere

Many months after the battle, Warren’s family wanted his body disinterred for a private burial. To do this Dr. Warren’s corpse had to be distinguished from all the others. In rides Paul Revere. A positive identification came when Revere recognized the dentures he had made for his friend. This was one of the first cases where a corpse was identified by dental techniques and many point to this as the origin of forensic dentistry.

So, CSI Boston, 1776...

Dr. Bob's podcast on this HERE.