Chapter 102: Slender

Chapter 102: Slender

The temperature of the freezer in the Langgu County Funeral Home can reach minus 18 degrees.

With this basic condition in place, the conditions in the anatomy room are slightly worse, which is acceptable.

However, even if the body is preserved at minus 18 degrees Celsius, it will still undergo some changes. For example, the corpse in front of me is a bit blue-black in color. The most serious part is that the color of the skin has completely changed. The green-black color is a bit 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. For ordinary people outside of forensic medicine, the nails of corpses that have been stored for a long time seem to have become longer, and they also have a little bit of the color of traditional Chinese zombies. But if you have read forensic medicine, you will understand that the nails have become longer. It's not the nails, but the fingers that have shrunk, making the nails look 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 was the forensic doctor of Wu Jun's generation. When they were young, such qualifications could have been scolded.

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 are inexperienced. From Li Zhen's perspective, those are objective facts. A young forensic doctor who has seen and done few corpses shows that 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. If you go further to forensic anthropology, there will be more details. Li Zhen's experience is not enough to support him.

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 the gifts out of the country.

Jiang Yuan doesn't really need Li Zhen's help. If the other party doesn't cause 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. .

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 at all, and it failed to solve the problem.

Jiang Yuan straightened his bones and thought 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. A better way is to determine some information through the bones and use this information to infer 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 inherently inappropriate.

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 and 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 he dissects 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 has a tall body, 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.

The incidence of Marfan syndrome is relatively high in the modern population, and many people are carriers of this genetic disease. Because the symptoms are more in line with modern people's aesthetics, some Mafan people are still very popular. Especially at a young age, many people are selected as athletes because of their long limbs and height.

However, the devastation caused by Marfan syndrome is also very direct.

Various skeletal lesions, such as pectus excavatum or scoliosis. There are also heart diseases related to the aorta and mitral valve, as well as eye diseases, etc., which make Marfan people extremely miserable. The older you 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 head is gone.

Heart disease...the heart was ripped out.

The crest and sternum... are fine.

There are several points that are easily 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 this is to make a clinical diagnosis, then some examinations and tests must be done.

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, a normal person's thumb and index finger either cannot touch each other, or they can only touch it lightly. But a Marfan's thumb can easily cover his 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. It was normal that he couldn't remember them for a while...

"I'll call Liu Chu." Jiang Yuan took off his gloves.

Li Zhen was silent.

The corpse was right here. People saw it, but he didn't. It was just pure technical crushing. He was also speechless.

It was also a corpse without a head. Li Zhen always thought that "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.

…

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 not be many 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 boasted about selling it: "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 he didn't dare to crow with the chickens in his hands: "I brought 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 seller shook the big rooster, making it nod, and said: "Chickens are good for men."