The Forensic Doctor's Daughter-in-law

Chapter 24 Zihan's Cause of Death Test ([-])
There was no obvious wound on the female corpse upstairs, so I had to find the cause of death by myself.

"Cousin Dou, what do you think?" Prefect Han also made a gesture in front of Dou Zihan, took a sheepskin glove from Mr. Liu, and looked at the dead body for a while, but couldn't find the cause of death. Only then did he turn his attention to Dou Zihan and ask for her opinion.

"Let me see." Dou Zihan took another pair of gloves from Master Liu, put them on, and then stepped forward and began to examine the woman's body.

First, she carefully inspected several parts of the woman that were prone to death, but found nothing. She then began to inspect the woman's ears, nostrils, and loose hair, but finally found nothing. I checked the female corpse's tongue coating, nails, etc., and I already had a preliminary conclusion in my mind, but further confirmation was needed.Turning around immediately, he said: "Cousin-in-law, in order to further confirm the cause of the woman's death, I still need to untie her dress and check it out. Please stay away from the door with Master Liu."

Although in modern times, many corpses are soaked in formalin, and there is not much privacy at all, but in this era, it is somewhat inappropriate to unbutton the woman's dress for an autopsy in front of a few men, so she Suggested aloud that when she was working, her attitude was quite professional and never allowed to be perfunctory.Miss any detail.

"Alright." Prefect Han gave Master Liu a wink, and both of them retreated outside the door.When Dou Zihan examined the corpse just now, his methodical movements had a sense of agility and beauty, which made them all dumbfounded. They almost forgot what the other party was doing. Both of them had some doubts in their hearts. Come on, it's obviously much better than Qian Wuzuo, even Zhao Butou, who came down from the Ministry of Criminal Justice last year, can't compare to it. How could a boudoir lady be so proficient, as if she had done it countless times before.With this thought in mind, Prefect Han hoped that the cousin of the Dou family could really find out the cause of death of the female corpse.

Dou Zihan removed the dress of the female corpse in the room, and carefully inspected her whole body. There was still nothing unusual on her body, but judging from the obvious spots on the corpse, the female corpse had been dead for at least five hours.

From the perspective of forensic medicine, corpse spots usually appear one to two hours after death, but if they are visible to the naked eye, they usually appear five to six hours after death, but judging from the color and moving position of the corpse spots, it should be It has not yet entered the second stage of the corpse spot, the diffusion period, so it can be judged that the time of death of the deceased should be around two to three o'clock in the morning.

After determining the time of death of the deceased, the next most important thing is to determine the cause of death. There is no trauma on the body of the deceased, so the possibility of stabbing death with sharp or blunt objects can be ruled out. There are no strangle marks or choke marks on the neck. The possibility of being strangled to death can be ruled out.

There was no accumulation of water in the mouth and abdominal cavity, and the clothes on his body showed no signs of drowning, so the possibility of drowning could be ruled out. Judging from the tongue coating and nails, there were no signs of poisoning. It's unrealistic, but judging from the facial expressions of the corpse, only the most likely cause of death remains.Standing by the bed and thinking for a while, Dou Zihan already had a conclusion in his mind.

Help the other party put on the female corpse's dress again. This undressing is simple, but it took her a long time to get dressed. She didn't know much about women's clothing in the era, and the female corpse was wearing extraordinarily complicated clothes. After tossing and tossing for a long time, who asked this to dress the dead, the arms, legs and feet were all stiff, and when it was time to bend, they couldn't bend at all, so the autopsy was easy, but dressing was very depressing.

Several other people waited outside the door for about two quarters of an hour, and Dou Zihan's figure appeared at the door again.The maids Alian and Arong have been waiting for a long time. Ever since the eldest lady knocked herself against the pillar and killed herself, they couldn't understand what was going on in this lady's mind. This dead man was not joking. What is coming and what should I do?
"Cousin, can you see the cause of this woman's death?" Zhifu Han immediately asked when he saw Dou Zihan come out.

"The woman was about 30 years old and had a childbirth history. She died about three hours ago. She should have been killed around midnight. There was no obvious trauma, no suffocation, no drowning, no poisoning. Preliminary determination, this The cause of the woman's death was that she was frightened at the last moment, her heart stopped beating suddenly, the blood supply was insufficient, which caused the heart muscle to contract, and finally caused the heart to suffocate and die."

Dou Zihan talked eloquently, with a different kind of confidence in her eyes. Even people like the prefect Han were unconsciously attracted by her words. Although some words in her words sounded strange, the general meaning can still be guessed out.But he still confirmed it further: "What does my cousin mean, is this woman scared to death?"

"You can say this. This is the pouch I found from her. It contains pills to treat heart disease. My brother-in-law can ask the doctor to check the ingredients." Dou Zihan nodded, and then handed over a pouch embroidered with delicate patterns.She had found the pouch from the body of the dead body when she was dressing her, and to the dead man, anything left on her body may have played a vital role in solving the case.

Judging from the state of this woman, this woman may be suffering from a certain heart disease. Simply put, it is what people call heart disease. Received a severe shock, sometimes fainted and never woke up again.

Prefect Han took the purse, opened it, put it next to his nose and sniffed it, covered it up again, and handed it to Master Liu who was standing behind him.

"Can the cousin determine what kind of fright the woman received that led to her death?"

"Brother-in-law, since there are no obvious traces left in this room, you still need to carefully question the talents of the inn, and maybe you can find clues from them."

When Dou Zihan heard this, she actually wanted to roll her eyes. She is a forensic doctor, and it is her responsibility to assist in solving the case. Finding the murderer is a matter for those arresters and him, the magistrate. It doesn't mean that the murderer can be easily found after seeing the dead body.

"My cousin reminded me." Prefect Han also felt that he had made a slip of the tongue, and it was because of the confident appearance of the cousin of the Cui family that made him slip up for a while.

"If I'm not wrong, the dead man downstairs and the woman upstairs should have lived in the same room last night, which is the room where the woman died now. Is it so, Xiao Luzi?" Dou Zihan faced that morning The man who came upstairs to check asked, she has now given up hope that the prefect of Han will become Song Ci and Bao Zheng. In order to find the murderer as soon as possible and get away as soon as possible, she had to remind her again.

(End of this chapter)