Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Bertillon system \Ber`til`lon" sys"tem\ [After Alphonse
   Bertillon, French anthropologist.]
   A system for the identification of persons by a physical
   description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of
   markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc.

Source : WordNet®

Bertillon system
     n : a system or procedure for identifying persons