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HISTORY AND RESEARCH MILESTONES

When we talk about history, its 15 year back, rest are still recent researches
and recoveries, let’s look into the history of Dermatoglyphics

●1684 - Dr. Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) presented Finger Prints, Palms and Soles an Introduction to
Dermatoglyphics to the Royal Society.

●1686 - Dr. Marcello Malphigi (1628-1694) noted in his treatise; ridges, spirals and loops in fingerprints

●1788 - J.C.Mayer was the first to write out basic tenets of fingerprint analysis and theorized that fingerprints
were unique

●1823 - Dr. Jan Purkinje classified the papillary lines on the fingertips into nine types: arch, tented arch,
ulna loop, radial loop, peacock’s eye/compound, spiral whorl, elliptical whorl, circular whorl, and double
loop/composite.

●1823 - Joannes Evangelista Purkinji found that the patterns on one’s finger tips and the ridges and lines on
one’s prints begin to format around the thirteenth week in the womb.

●1832 - Dr. Char les Bell (1774-1842) was one of the first physicians to combine the scientific study of
Neuro-anatomy with clinical practice. He published The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as
Evincing Design.

●1893 - Dr. Franc is Galton published his book, “Fingerprints”, establishing the individuality and permanence
of fingerprints. The book included the first classification system for fingerprints: Arch, Loop and Whorl.

●1897 - Harris Hawthorne Wilder was the first American to study Dermatoglyphics. He invented the Main
Line Index, studied the narhypothenar eminencies, zones II, III, IV.

●1926 - Dr. Harold Cummins & Dr. Charles Midlo coined the term “Dermatoglyphics”. They showed that the
hand contained significant Dermatoglyphics configurations that would assist the identification of mongolism
in the new-born child.

●1936 - Dr. Harold Cummins & Dr. Charles Midlo also researched the embryo-genesis of skin ridge patterns
and established that the fingerprint patterns actually develop in the womb and are fully formed by the fourth
foetal month.

●1944 - Dr Julius Spier Psycho-Analytic Chirologist published “The Hands of Children” he made several
significant discoveries especially in the area of psycho-sexual development and the diagnosis of imbalances
and problems in this area from the patterns of the hands.

●1957 - Dr. Walker used the dermal configurations in the diagnosis of mongolism

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●1968 - Sarah Holt, whose own work 'The Genetics of Dermal Ridges' published in 1968, summarizes her
research in of dermatoglyphics patterns of both the fingers and the palm in various peoples, both normal
and congenitally afflicted.

●1969 - John J. M ulvihill, MD and David W. Smith, MD published The Genesis of Dermatoglyphics that
provides the most up to date version of how fingerprints form.

●1970 - USSR, Former Soviet Union used Dermatoglyphics in selecting the contestant for Olympics.

●1976 - Schaumann and Alter's 'Dermatoglyphics in Medical Disorders' published. Significant investigations
have also been carried out into the dermatoglyphics indicators of congenital heart disease, leukaemia, cancer,
rubella embryopathy, Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia etc. Dermatoglyphics research being directed into
genetic research and the diagnosis of chromosomal defects.

●1980 - China carry out researching work of human potential, intelligence and talents in dermatoglyphics &
human genome perspective.

●1985 - Dr. Chen Yi Mou, PhD. holder of Havard University research Dermatoglyphics based on Multiple
Intelligence theory of Dr. Howard Gardner. First apply dermatoglyphics to educational fields and brain
physiology.

●1986 – Nobel Prize in physiology was awarded to Dr. Rita Levi-Montalcini & Dr. Stanley Cohen for discovering
the correlation between NGF (Nerve Growth Factor) and EGF (Epidermal Growth Factor).

●2000 - Dr. Stowens, Chief of Pathology at St Luke's hospital in New York, claims to be able to diagnose
schizophrenia and leukaemia with up to 90% accuracy. In Germany, Dr Alexander Rodewald reports he can
pinpoint many congenital abnormalities with 90% accuracy.

●2004 – In IBMBS(International Behavioral & Medical Biometrics Society), over 7000 report and thesis
published. Nowadays the U.S., Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, India etc applies dermatoglyphics
to educational fields, expecting to improve teaching qualities and raising learning efficiency by knowing
various learning styles.

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