The temperature of the freezer in the Langgu County Funeral Home can reach minus 18 degrees.
Given this basic condition, the conditions in the anatomy room are slightly worse, which is acceptable.
However, even if a corpse is preserved at minus 18 degrees Celsius, it will still undergo some changes. For example, the corpse in front of you is a bit blue-black in color. In the most serious part, the color of the skin has completely changed. The green-black color is a bit
It's like the color of the official uniforms of the Qing Dynasty. If the body changes color as a whole, it will probably look a little like a zombie.
Secondly, the biggest change is the nails. If you look at it to ordinary people outside of forensic science, the nails of corpses that have been stored for a long time seem to have become longer. They also have a little bit of the color of traditional Chinese zombies, but if you have read
If you study forensic medicine, you will understand that it is not the nails that have grown longer, but the fingers have shrunk, which makes the nails appear longer.
Jiang Yuan observed the corpse, and Li Zhen also observed him.
In terms of age alone, Li Zhen is almost three times as old as Jiang Yuan. In terms of qualifications, Li Zhen is the forensic doctor of Wu Jun's generation. When they were young, they could have pointed their noses at such qualifications.
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Of course it can't be done now. Besides, Jiang Yuan was brought here by people from the provincial department. If he doesn't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, Li Zhen also has to give him enough face.
However, apart from these worldly feelings, Li Zhen was not optimistic about Jiang Yuan at all.
Young people have no experience. From Li Zhen's point of view, that is an objective fact. If a young forensic doctor has seen few corpses and done few corpses, that means he has no experience.
As for those who practice forensic medicine, many of them actually start from practice, pay attention to details, and experience life, just like a person's knees are worn out, maybe because of work, maybe because of running, maybe because of illness, Li Zhen looks at it at a glance
You know, the forensic doctor who came to practice was naturally confused.
This is still forensic pathology, and if you go further to forensic anthropology, there will be more details. Li Zhen’s experience is not enough to support it.
And Jiang Yuan...
Li Zhen just secretly dismissed it. He didn't want to say anything harsh, so he just watched Jiang Yuan do things, just waiting for him to be satisfied and send gifts out of the country.
Jiang Yuan doesn't really need Li Zhen's help. If he doesn't make trouble or be verbose, he will be like Amitabha.
The two sides complemented each other, which made the atmosphere in the anatomy room very harmonious.
The usual physical examination did not provide much information. Jiang Yuan quickly transitioned to the bone stage.
There was nothing in the abdomen and chest of the corpse. The skull and head were all gone. The pelvic cavity was actually a mess. It must have been bitten by wild beasts, but most of the bones were still left, enough to piece together the appearance of the pelvis.
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The main work Li Zhen did was to piece together the pelvis, thereby confirming the gender and reproductive status of the corpse, but still... this was basic forensic work, not outstanding, and it failed to solve the problem.
Jiang Yuan was straightening his bones and thinking in his mind.
The similarity but difference between forensic anthropology and other forensic techniques is that forensic anthropology pays more attention to a certain point rather than the aspect.
In short, forensic anthropology is comprehensive in the service of its parts.
In other words, it is actually difficult for forensic anthropology to be comprehensive.
After all, there has been a long time apart, so a better way is to determine some information through the bones and use this information to deduce the identity of the deceased.
Instead of constantly trying to master more comprehensive information, some information is difficult to capture after all. The pursuit of obtaining comprehensive information is inappropriate in itself.
For Jiang Yuan, the corpse in front of him could actually provide a lot of information.
However, it seems difficult to identify her.
"It's still very troublesome without a skull. If there is a skull, maybe we can find out the identity of the deceased through teeth or the like." Li Zhen suddenly sighed with emotion, and also gave Jiang Yuan a step forward.
In the words he told his disciples: If you can't do it, don't do it.
Being single-minded in doing something is a common problem that many young forensic doctors tend to make. It seems that as long as I keep doing it, I can get the answer.
Based on Li Zhen's experience, if you do nothing but dissect without any ideas, it will most likely be in vain.
Just like Jiang Yuan in front of him, he might have some ideas, but how could an inexperienced young man make anything?
Especially when he saw Jiang Yuan doing what he was doing, turning his arms and moving his legs, Li Zhen found it even more funny.
Where can I find such things like a hammer and a stick in an autopsy? It’s just...
"Marfan syndrome." Jiang Yuan suddenly straightened up and said.
Li Zhen was older. It took him a few seconds to wake up and repeated: "Marfan syndrome?"
"Well, he is taller, has slender limbs, and very little subcutaneous fat..." Jiang Yuan counted the items that matched his count, then pulled the corpse's arms downward and said, "Hands above the knees."
Each of these things sounds good, but combined together, it is enough to make people suspect Marfan syndrome.
In the modern population, the incidence of Marfan syndrome is relatively high, and many people are surrounded by carriers of this genetic disease. Because the symptoms are more in line with modern people's aesthetics, some Marfan people are still very popular. Especially in
In their youth, many people are selected as athletes because of their long limbs and height.
However, the destructive effects of Marfan syndrome are also very direct.
Various bone lesions, such as pectus excavatum, or scoliosis. There are also heart diseases related to the aorta and mitral valve, as well as eye lesions, etc., which make Mafan people extremely painful. The older they are, the higher the damage.
Li Zhen recalled the relevant key points of Marfan syndrome and then compared them one by one.
Eye disease...the brain is gone.
Heart disease...the heart was taken out.
The crest and sternum...they are doing well.
There are several points that are easy to be reminded that there are problems. However, it is not difficult to prove that it is Marfan syndrome. The difficulty is just to think of proving it.
Li Zhen and Jiang Yuan both looked at the dead man's hand.
Jiang Yuan wore gloves, grabbed the deceased's hand, and asked her to make a fist with her hand, which was different from the normal fist gesture. At this time, Jiang Yuan asked her to make a fist with her thumb inside and the other four fingers outside.
In this fist position, the tip of the deceased's thumb extended beyond the ulnar edge, which is the edge of the palm on the side where the little finger is located.
Jiang Yuan's eyes couldn't help but light up.
If you want to make a clinical diagnosis, you will need to do some examinations and tests.
But on the forensic autopsy table, this discovery was enough.
To be on the safe side, Jiang Yuan grabbed the deceased's right hand and used it to wrap around his left hand.
In this movement, the thumb and index finger of a normal person either cannot touch each other, or they can only touch it lightly. But the thumb of a Mafan can easily cover the index finger...
"It is indeed Marfan syndrome." Li Zhen couldn't help but feel a little annoyed: Why didn't I think of it before?
For forensic doctors, Marfan syndrome is definitely not an unfamiliar symptom. Of course, for Li Zhen, it is difficult. Very few people in Langgu County carry the gene for Marfan syndrome, or they do not.
He could not die in this county.
Li Zhen had also encountered corpses involving Marfan syndrome in his previous autopsies. He couldn't think of them for a while, so it was normal...
"I'll call Liu Chu." Jiang Yuan took off his gloves.
Li Zhen remained silent.
The corpse was here. People saw it, but he didn't. It was just a pure technical crushing. He was speechless.
It was also a corpse without a head. What Li Zhen always thought was "it would be a pity to have no teeth" and "there are no implants in the body." It was not surprising that Marfan syndrome was not discovered in the end.
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On the other side, Liu Jinghui was in a daze after receiving the call.
His mind turned around a little, and he understood the value of Jiang Yuan's discovery, and asked, "Should we check the medical records to identify this person?"
"In the missing persons records, there should be a small number of women who are over 30 years old, have a history of childbirth, are over 165 centimeters tall, and have Marfan syndrome." Jiang Yuan didn't go into detail. He has Marfan syndrome.
Finding people should be easy.
Liu Jinghui responded, hung up the phone, and looked ahead in a daze.
Opposite him, the cheerful chicken seller tied up another big rooster and sold it to himself, boasting: "Our chickens in Langgu County have been famous since ancient times. I collected these chickens from the countryside and kept them for at least one or two years."
Yes, look at these claws, look at this mouth..."
He put the big rooster with red crown and feathers in front of Liu Jinghui and kept tapping it with his fingers.
Liu Jinghui coughed twice: "Boss, my plan has changed..."
The chicken seller's face darkened, and the chickens he held in his hands did not dare to crow: "I collected these from the countryside for you."
"I know, it's mainly from my side..."
"Let me tell you, if you are alive, you must eat chicken." The chicken dealer shook the big rooster, making it nod, and said: "Chickens are good for men."
