The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bertillon system
    n 1: a system or procedure for identifying persons