Franz Schleyer’s research while affiliated with Philipps University of Marburg and other places

Summary Ulnar and fibular lengths were determined on 105 male adults by means of percutaneous measurements. Values were inserted into Lorke's formulae for the estimation of stature. When the standard error (s) was considered, correct results were obtained in appr. 80% of the cases. It will make no difference whether ulna or fibula are used for the estimation.

Die Ergebnisse der 10 zu diesem Thema vorliegenden Arbeiten werden kurz referiert. Sodann wurden 419 in der Literatur angegebene Kaliumwerte bekannter Leichenzeit nach der von Krauseu. Mitarb. vorgeschlagenen Formel zur Ermittlung der Zeit post mortem umgerechnet. Die Diskrepanz zwischen erwarteten und gefundenen Zeitwerten ist aber nicht geringer als die aus der Literatur auch sonst zu entnehmende Streuung der Beziehung Kaliumwert/Todeszeit. Als etwas enger erwies sich die nach Krauseu. Mitarb. berechnete Relation K \mathord/ \vphantom K Ö{h,} Ö{h,} {K \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {K {\sqrt {h,} }}} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} {\sqrt {h,} }} , aber auch deren Streuung ist fr die Erfordernisse einer Todeszeit-bestimmung zu gro.The results of the 10 contributions, hitherto published on this subject, are summarized in short. Tentatively, 419 potassium values with known time after death contained in the literature, were calculated by means of a formula derived from Krauseet al. (1971). Discrepancies between expected and calculated hours post mortem, however, were no less than the deviations between potassium values and time after death already known from the literature. Although the relation between potassium values and the radix of hour post mortem, according to Krauseet al., proved indeed to be more satisfactory, deviations are too great for a reliable estimation of the time after death.