386 ' Medico-Legal 



monkey serum (p. 169) have clearly shown that such an antiserum 

 would give a greater reaction with monkey blood, so that by tests 

 conducted with both antisera, there should be no especial difficulty in 

 determining to which primate the blood belongs. 



In his papers of later date, Uhlenhuth (11-18 viii. '02 and '02 a) 

 reports at length upon a large number of tests made for medico-legal 

 purposes, these proving the value of the method. As it is impossible to 

 give his results in detail, those especially interested will have to refer 

 to the original papers. The lists of tests in both papers are the 

 same, and include 5 tests mentioned in his paper of 25. vii. '01, already 

 cited, 16 further cases being given. Leaving out of consideration the 

 5 cases above referred to, he obtained positive results in the following : 

 (6) Blood stain several years on linen, tested with anti-pig serum, gave 

 a reaction, not so with anti-sheep, anti-horse, anti-human serum. 

 Professor Beumer subsequently informed him that the stain was due 

 to pig blood. (7) Dried blood (1897) acted similarly, also subsequently 

 stated to be pig blood by Beumer. (8) Dried blood mixture (1899). 

 reacted to both anti-pig and anti-sheep serum, diagnosis recognized as 

 correct by Beumer, who, as in the other cases, supplied the specimens with- 

 out letting Uhlenhuth know what they were until after he reported the 

 result of his tests. (9) Blood-stain on paper found in puddle of blood on a 

 road, reacted to anti-pig serum, a suspicion of murder being thus removed, 

 (10) Blood-stains on penknife and handkerchief, medico-legal case, 

 diagnosis human blood, subsequently confirmed by prisoner, who stabbed 

 a man with the knife, explaining the spots on the handkerchief as due 

 to his own nose having bled. (11) Blood-stains on trousers and shirt, 

 sent from Landgericht Munich and relating to a case of rape, diagnosis 

 human blood. (12) Shavings from a blood-stained box, same source 

 as preceding, tests negative with anti-human, anti-sheep, and anti-horse 

 serum, further tests not made, and subsequently discovered that the 

 stains were due to roebuck blood. (13) Blood-stained waistcoat and 

 trousers, the owner being suspected of liaving killed some sheep, tests 

 negative with anti-sheep, positive with anti-fowl, and it was subsequently 

 proved that he had killed a fowl a day before the sheep-killing. (14) 

 Blood-stained wood»-shavings from a iioor, sent from Braunschweig in 

 connection with a murder case, reaction with anti-human serum, 

 murderer subsequently confirmed this. (15) Two samples of blood- 

 stained cloth sent by Prof Minovici (Medico-legal Institute, Bucharest), 

 and 11 other articles, all blood-stained, were correctly diagnosed as sub- 

 sequently reported by Minovici. (16) Blood-stained coat, tests negative 



