Blood alcohol/congeners of alcoholic beverages

By no other research area in forensic medicine it could be shown more clearly how was maintained a basic medicolegal discourse leading to a continuous development of legal standards by advanced research, which included the newest methods of analytical possibilities and the latest scientific findings. The German forensic medicine has worked hard for an important share of the present day level in forensic ethanol research. The blood ethanol research became a Central European domain, for in the anglo-american society, it is not allowed to take a blood sample because of personality rights. The following passages report those selected areas in which German scientists rendered outstanding services.