Paul Jeserich

Paul Jeserich (born January 27, 1854 in Berlin ; † November 17, 1927 (according to different information: November 18, 1927 ) there) was a German chemist and pioneer in the field of blood traces.

Jeserich received his doctorate in Jena and initially worked in Berlin as an assistant to the court chemist Franz Leopold Sonnenschein , whose laboratory he took over after his death. He was mainly active in the field of forensics , particularly biological traces, and ballistics , where he was one of the first scientists to use microphotography to assign a fired bullet to the correct weapon. On behalf of the police, Jeserich also examined traces of blood at crime scenes and on confiscated evidence. He testified in court as an expert witness, for example in the murder of Lucie Berlin in 1904 .

In addition to his work in forensics, Jeserich worked together with CA Meinert on the extraction of edible fats from coconut and palm kernel oil and developed a process for this that was registered with the German Patent Office in April 1882 with the number 19819. In addition, Jeserich and Meinert worked for a few years on a study in which prisoners in the Plötzensee prison were predominantly fed a vegetarian diet.

As a balloonist, cyclist, swimmer, mountaineer, sailor, motorboat enthusiast and skier, Jeserich was also often active in sports. In 1886 he was the first balloonist to climb about 600 m. was about Berlin.

Jeserich died after a short illness and was buried in the St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I in Berlin, his grave site has not been preserved.

Publications

• About the methods for the destruction and extraction of body parts, etc., for the purpose of carrying out the investigation for inorganic constituents and a new such method. In: Repertory of analytical chemistry. Volume 2, December 15, 1882, pp. 369-373 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• The photomicrograph on bromosilver gelatine in natural and artificial light with special consideration of the limestone light . Julius Springer, Berlin 1888 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
• Report on extensive attempts at nutrition in the Royal Prison Plötzensee at the instigation of the Act.-Ges. Carne pura made and processed . C. Stahl, Berlin n.d. , OCLC 79864645 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Paul Jeserich in the bibliographic database WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Paul Jeserich †. In: Chemiker-Zeitung , Volume 51, No. 96, December 3, 1927, ZDB -ID 215595-3 , p. 933.
2. ^ Yearbook for Photography, Cinematography and Reproduction Processes, Volume 31, Part 1, p. 36 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
3. ↑ Meteorologische Zeitschrift, Volumes 44–45, p. 459 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
4. ^ EJ Wagner: The science of Sherlock Holmes and the beginnings of forensic medicine . Wiley, Weinheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-527-50378-0 ( limited preview in Google book search).
5. ↑ Hamby, Brundage, Thorpe: The Identification of Bullets Fired From 10 Consecutively Rifled 9MM Ruger Pistol Barrels - A Research Project Involving 468 Participants from 19 Countries. (pdf; 358 kB), accessed on January 13, 2010.
6. ^ Hugo Friedländer : Interesting criminal processes of cultural-historical importance. 1911–1921, Volume 4: The murder of eight-year-old Lucie Berlin at Zeno.org .
7. ↑ Leo Ubbelohde (Ed.): Handbook of chemistry and technology of oils and fats; Chemistry, analysis, extraction and processing of oils, fats, waxes and resins; Volume 2 . S. Hirzel, 1926 ( limited preview in Google book search).
8. ↑ Ludwig Darmstaedter: Handbook on the history of natural sciences and technology. 2nd Edition. Springer, Berlin 1908, p. 803 ( online ; pdf; 2.3 MB, accessed on January 13, 2010).
9. ^ Arnold Lorand: Health and Longevity Through Rational Diet . PA Davis Company, Philadelphia 1912, p. 104 ( Text Archive - Internet Archive ).
10. ↑ Hippolyt von Norman (ed.): Deutsches Sportlexikon. Schwabacher, Berlin 1928 (accessed via WBIS online ).