A New Test for Seminal Stains

Abstract

A NEW TEST FOR SEMINAL STAINSThe medicolegal identification of seminal stains in cases of rape is a difficult and frequently unsuccessful process, for it has been customary to base this identification solely on the presence of intact spermatozoa.† It is well recognized that a fairly large proportion of true seminal stains may contain no spermatozoa² or that the sperm may be obscured or destroyed by the foreign matter with which they are contaminated. It is of as great importance to recognize such cases as those in which the sperm are abundant. And yet, until recently, there have existed no . . .