title: [Dr. Edmond Locard (1877-1966), the Sherlock Holmes of Lyons].
abstract: Doctor Edmond Locard (1877-1966), a French forensic scientist, a disciple of famous Professor Alexandre Lacassagne, created in Lyons, in 1910, the first French laboratory of technical police. During more than fourty years, he used and developed new scientific techniques (fingerprint identification, study of marks and dust...) in order to help the policemen and judges to solve the most horrible crimes.
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maze
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stagnara
authors.forename: Louis-Paul
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Fischer
mesh_terms: D003878:Dermatoglyphics / Q000266:history; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans