Show I Fingerprints Tell About Ones One's Health and Character New York Scientists Scientists may find that fingerprints now important for identification can cnn in the future be made to tell something of the heredi heredi- heredity ty character and health ofa of ofa ofa a person and his possible criminal tendencies members members members mem mem- bers of the American Ortho- Ortho psychiatric association learned at their meeting here First FIrt results of ol research on this thI problem were reported by Dr John A. A Larson assistant director of ol the psychopathic clinic of the recorders recorder's court Detroit Dr Larson examined exam exam- toed ined the fingerprint patterns pattern of oi 3 mental disease dIa patients patient at Eloise state hospital where he Is II attending attend Sn lug ing neurologist lie He found that the distribution of at arches arch In the fingerprint finger print patterns pattern was waa consistently lower low low- tr Sr in do the group croup of patients suffer suffering tag ing from schizophrenia than In groups suffering from other kinds of mental disease In a group of sex ex delinquents who had haeS no mental disease din dis ease el the distribution of arches archee was wat 10 low but the whorls seemed to Increase Great caution must be b. used In drawing conclusions from these thee findings Dr Larson pointed pouted out Obe Obey Laws Lawn La of ef Heredity Early studies had convinced Dr Larson that fingerprint patterns pattern obey ober the laws la of heredity Closest Closes t resemblances were found in a pa pair tr r of identical twins AItho Although h finger anger fingerprints ner prints are different for each ach ual ual members of ot a family have ce celain certain certain r tain lain similarities In their fingerprint patterns Racial similarities and differences might also be found owe Dr Larson Laron believes believe so 0 that It IDa may be b. possible in the future not only t to identify a person by his bis fingerprints is but to determine his bis race and to family tamU tam fam U fly ily connections Much more mort atud study Is II Aea necessary and Dr Larson Lenon said that s such study must be b. made mad by br biologists and aneS not by men trained traineeS only to Iden Identify y fingerprints The Th present survey he h. e ead concluded ed ad suggests that there then is soma relationship between the type distribution dis dIJ of patterns and biological biologic a factors factor including race heredity tad and pathology |