Bertillon
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Bertillon refers to two notable figures: Jacques Bertillon (1851-1914), a renowned physician-statistician who served as director of the Paris statistical bureau, and Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), a prominent French anthropologist who developed a system for identifying criminals based on anthropometric measurements.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
BERTILLON, Jacques (Jacques Bertillon, 1851 - 1914), known physician-statistician. Graduated from medical faculty in 1883; director of the statistical bureau of the city of Paris. Main works: "La statistique humaine en France", 1880 (Russian translation edited by Janson, St. Petersburg, 1889); "Elements de demographie", 1896; "L'alcoolisme et les moyens de le combattre", 1904; "La depopulation en France", 1911.
BERTILLON, Alphonse (Alphonse Bertillon, 1853-1914), major French anthropologist, author of a system for establishing the identity of criminals based on a series of anthropometric data (see Bertillonage and Anthropological study of criminals). Main work of Bertillon - "Identification anthropometrique" (1893).
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“Bertillon.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/bertillon/