Bertillonage

Japanese: Bertillonage
Bertillonage

...Without looking at a photograph of a particular individual, the data is fleshed out solely based on statistical values, and then compared to photographs taken when the individual was alive or shown to family members to identify the individual. The Bertillonage method of anthropometry, invented in 1879 by French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), measures eleven specific parts of the human body, namely height, fingertips (the distance from one fingertip to the other when both hands are stretched out horizontally), sitting height, head length, head width, right ear length, cheek width, left foot length, left middle finger length, left little finger length, and left forearm length, and classifies each person into three categories: large, medium, and small. However, with the development of fingerprinting today, this method is no longer used in its original form.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Bertillonage" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…ある特定個人の生前写真を見ないで,もっぱら統計値だけに従って肉づけし,出来上がってから生前写真と比較したり,遺族等に見せて個人識別を行う。1879年にフランスの犯罪学者ベルティヨンAlphonse Bertillon(1853‐1914)が考案したベルティヨン式人体測定法Bertillonageは人体の一定の部位すなわち身長,指極(両手を水平に伸ばしたときの指先から他の指先までの距離),座高,頭長,頭幅,右耳長,頰幅,左足長,左手中指長,左手小指長,左前腕長の11ヵ所について測定を行って,これらをそれぞれ大中小の3種に分けて各人を区分しようとするものである。しかし,指紋法の発達した今日では,そのままの形では用いられなくなった。…

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