274 REPORTS FROM THE SECTIONS. 
1852 Monsieur A iii proposed to the French Govern- 
ment that risoners should be photographed prior to 
their discharge, and notes of their cases and biography attached to 
them, but nothing important was done until after the reorganiza- 
tion of the country in 1871, when Monsieur Lombard succeeded 
in obtaining permission of the authorities to establish a photo- 
graphic department in the prisons. Some idea of its usefulness 
being used exclusively e Morgue Dépét, where are laid out 
all persons found uniate or pikes killed, and whose residence 
is not known. bodies brought in are immediately photo- 
register. Thus, persons seeking lost relatives or friends may 
daily be seen consulting this shocking but useful record. Views 
are taken where crimes have been committed. Even caves or 
cellars do not escape, for by aid of artificial light, such as magne- 
sium, or oxy-hydrogen aBh or others, these interiors are perfectly 
ph phed—in fact nothing is omitted to assist J ey in her 
ion. Tn cases of arson, the condition and positio . the ay 
them, which, in the event of prisoners or untried persons trying 
to make their escape by sea, becomes of great service to the 
police. So Diode in this case again shows her great utility. 
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