Principles of forensic medicine / by William A. Guy and David Ferrier.

Date:
1895
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Credit: Principles of forensic medicine / by William A. Guy and David Ferrier. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    at liberty, the anthropometrical desciaption furnishe.s proof of identity when an arrest has been made on the evidence of the general descrip- tion, and both are confirmed by the description of particular marks. By those interested in this subject, M. Bertillon’s book “ Insti’uctions Signaletiques ” must be carefully studied, the whole method has been thoroughly worked and thought out, and has stood the test of time, and the book contains abundant evidence of the genius and originality of the writer.