Bertillon system
Bertillon system
Definition
Ber·til·lon· system (bʉr′tə län′; Fr ber tē yōn′)
noun
a system of identifying people, esp. criminals, through records of body measurements, markings, coloring, etc., used before fingerprinting was adopted
Etymology: after A. Bertillon (1853-1914), Fr criminologist who developed it
