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Mensuration de la coudée [Measurement of the cubit (from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow)]
Alphonse Bertillon (1853–1914)
John Glaister Jr., the leading forensic investigator in the Ruxton case, about 1960
John Glaister, Jr. (1892–1971)
Mrs. Frances Glessner Lee at work on the Nutshell Collection, 1940s-1950s
Frances Glessner Lee (1878–1962)
Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila, about 1835
Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787–1853)
Vucetich's personal identification card (libreta de enrolamiento), 1911
Juan Vucetich (1858–1925)
Thomas Wakley, M.D., about 1840
Thomas Wakley (1795–1862)

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Last reviewed: 19 July 2012
Last updated: 19 July 2012
First published: 16 February 2006
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