12 Facts About Nicolae Minovici

Nicolae S Minovici was a Romanian forensic scientist and criminologist who served as head of his country's anthropometric service.

Nicolae Minovici is known for his studies investigating connections between tattooing and criminal behaviour, as well as his research on hanging and its physiological effects on the human body.

Nicolae Minovici was the founder of the Legal Medicine Association of Romania and the publisher of the Romanian journal of Legal Medicine.

Nicolae Minovici pursued his studies at the Faculty of Medicine, and then he obtained his Ph.

Nicolae Minovici took additional courses in psychiatry and pathological anatomy.

Nicolae Minovici performed twelve hanging experiments involving himself as the subject.

Nicolae Minovici used a dynamometer attached to a knot which he then tied around his neck and experimented with various positions of the knot around his neck, observing associated phenomena such as vision disturbances, change of skin colouring and ringing in his ears as well as the speed of the onset of these symptoms.

Nicolae Minovici attempted between six and seven hangings with the assistance of his aides and only experienced pain on the occasion when his feet lost contact with the ground.

Nicolae Minovici performed choking experiments on volunteers by applying pressure on their carotid arteries and jugular veins for up to five seconds, until the faces of his subjects became red.

Nicolae Minovici died in Bucharest in 1941 from an illness affecting his vocal cords.

Nicolae Minovici died a bachelor, bequeathing his estate, including his home, which was built by architect Cristofi Cerchez, and a collection of Romanian folk art, to his country.

Nicolae Minovici's home in the Baneasa district of Bucharest is an ethnological museum, called the Nicolae Minovici Folk Art Museum; the street next to it bears his name.