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| | Sherlock Holmes and the Birth of Criminal Science |
 | | Essentially however, it goes back to the traditional, simple and direct recognition of the identity of an individual already known in the absolute sense, while dactyloscopy, on the other hand, utilizes elementary arithmetic and refers to the notion of identity in a relative sense, therefore returning to the source of the structural elements of individuality. |
 | | Besides the historic interest for anthropometry, which was practically exhausted immediately upon being introduced, the essential superiority of dactyloscopy is confirmed for other types of imprints, starting from the ballistic, thanks to the immediate application of its principles of examination. |
 | | It becomes apparent that the two procedures of anthropometry and dactyloscopy are in fact only a marginal aspect of the events; they hardly ever contribute to the final solution. |
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