The Identification of Skin

Abstract

In medico-legal work the identification of skin, hair or secretions can be very important. Here an adaptation of the mixed agglutination technique suitable for determining the major blood group of skin is described as a step towards this goal and a foundation for further work. The advantages of the newer immunological methods lie particularly in the very minute amount of material needed and the direct significance of the result, in contrast with older methods which depended on the indirect inhibition of the agglutinating power of a serum, or a precipitin reaction with much-altered and processed material.