ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1978
Page Count: 12

Reliability of the Acid Phosphatase Test for the Identification of Seminal Fluid
Schiff, AF
Deputy medical examiner, Dade County, Florida

(Received 21 September 1977; accepted 17 April 1978)

Abstract

From the day in 1677 when a medical student named Johann Ham first discovered spermatozoa swimming about in a microscopic field to the present, it has been traditional to identify seminal fluid by finding spermatozoa in the specimen. It has been pointed out [1–4], however, that conditions exist in which the ejaculate bears no spermatozoa. Because of this situation, forensic scientists have been searching for a foolproof method of identifying seminal fluid in the absence of spermatozoa.

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Paper ID: JFS10745J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS10745J
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