Abstract
The value of blood grouping in the solution of medicolegal problems has been firmly established. The pioneer work of Landsteiner 1 in the early part of the century, continued by Wiener 2 in this country and Andresen in Europe, 3 has led to universal acceptance of the immutability of a person's blood type. The laws governing the inheritance of the characteristics that determine the blood type have been proved by thousands of family studies. These characteristics are not influenced by diet, age, disease, or other environmental factors. 4 In addition, the laboratory methods for determining the various blood groups are clear and sharp. In the hands of qualified experts, the findings are always reproducible. In forensic medicine, the most important areas for blood grouping tests are in the identification of blood stains and in the exclusion of parentage. To date more than 40,000 cases involving paternity have been studied in
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