. Discovery. Science. FlG. 4.—TR.\CIXG OF THE SOLE-PRINT OF A SMALL BOY. Showing fibular loop (h) and the rare calcar pattern (c) which is always asso- ciated with a tii-radius (d), {By permission oj Messrs. Wilder and Wentworlh.) ated with a delta, d. So rare is this pattern that less than a dozen instances of its occurrence have been recorded, and I am indebted to Professor Wilder and Mr. B. Wentworth for their permission to reproduce the examples here shown. Fig. 4 represents a tracing of the entire sole-print of a h/A • Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Fig. 5.—C.\LCAR P.\TTERN IX IlIPRINT OF HEEL OF .
. Discovery. Science. FlG. 4.—TR.\CIXG OF THE SOLE-PRINT OF A SMALL BOY. Showing fibular loop (h) and the rare calcar pattern (c) which is always asso- ciated with a tii-radius (d), {By permission oj Messrs. Wilder and Wentworlh.) ated with a delta, d. So rare is this pattern that less than a dozen instances of its occurrence have been recorded, and I am indebted to Professor Wilder and Mr. B. Wentworth for their permission to reproduce the examples here shown. Fig. 4 represents a tracing of the entire sole-print of a h/A • Fig. 5. Fig. 6. Fig. 5.—C.\LCAR P.\TTERN IX IlIPRINT OF HEEL OF .\N .AMERICAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. This pattern is remarkable in showing a complete loop. (By permission of Professor Wilder.) Fig. 6.—CALCAR P.\TTERN IN IMPRINT OF HEEL OF AN AMERICAN W01L\N. iBy permission of Professor WHder.) small boy showing this feature, and photographs of actual imprints of calcar patterns, kindly sent to me bj' Professor \\'ilder, are shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The first of these (Fig. 5) is the heel-print of an American University Professor, which is unique in showing a complete loop, and the other (Fig. 6) that of an American woman. As Messrs. Wilder and Wentworth observe, the possessor of a calcar pattern is a marked man, and his imprint should be given a place of its own in any classification of sole-prints. Although the registration of sole-prints is unlikely to displace finger-prints as an official method of general identification, there are many instances in which they would be of great value, as, for example, in the identi- fication of portions of mutilated bodies. The system is also much more readily applied than the finger-print method in the case of babies, and has already been adopted as a supplementary method for the identification of infants in the Chicago Maternity Hospital. For further particulars of the methods of using the system, reference may be made to Wilder and Wentworth's book on Personal Identification. The Identification o
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