Forensic Doctor 2003: I Became a Legend on the Front Lines of Criminal Investigation

At that moment, Jiang Chen stood there, staring intently at the deceased's abdomen.

Seeing his expression, Li Jian put away his notebook, raised an eyebrow, and then asked, "What's wrong? Aren't you very familiar with the next steps?"

"Should I call the forensic doctor at the city bureau and ask them for some guidance over the phone?"

As they were speaking, Li Jian was standing behind Jiang Chen, his view completely blocked by Jiang Chen's back.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen shook his head and said, "Captain Li! We don't need it for now."

"Oh! If you don't need it, then continue. We still have some related peripheral investigations to conduct later, and we have a lot of things to do."

Upon hearing this, his partner Wang Hui turned to him and said, "Captain Li, Jiang Chen wasn't unsure of what to do just now; he was just a little surprised."

At this moment, Li Jian suddenly realized that something was wrong.

He quickly walked around the door and came over. His eyes widened instantly as he stared straight at the corpse.

Within the three men's field of vision, the victim's abdominal cavity was stained with a large amount of blood.

Although neither Li Jian nor Wang Hui were medical professionals, such a large amount of blood accumulating in their internal organs was definitely a problem.

Even with the most basic common sense, one can realize that this was caused by external injury.

After a long silence, Li Jian finally spoke, "Jiang Chen, where did this bloodstain come from?"

Jiang Chen replied, "I'll find the source of the bleeding immediately."

He put down the scalpel, raised his arms, turned to Wang Hui and said, "Senior Brother Wang, please pull up the top of my gloves; the cuffs are already showing."

It's somewhat frustrating, really. In his previous life, the forensic doctors under his command always wore surgical scrubs during autopsies.

Sometimes they even wear the disposable protective suits worn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Compared to blue surgical gowns, these white protective suits are more airtight and can completely isolate bloodstains.

But now, he's wearing his own clothes, only with gloves on.

Moreover, the recent cutting and skinning had exposed part of the cuff of the gloves, and if one was not careful, the victim's blood could easily stain the wrists.

If you know that the deceased did not have any infectious diseases, especially not HIV, gonorrhea, or syphilis, then there is no need to worry.

The concern is that for those unidentified corpses, it may be impossible to determine whether they carry infectious diseases.

The work of a forensic doctor is still very risky, so before Jiang Chen reached into the internal organs, he asked Wang Hui to pull up the top edge of his gloves.

Soon, Wang Hui pulled his left hand, then his right hand.

After dealing with the cuff issue, Jiang Chen began to reach into the deceased's internal organs with both hands, performing the "forensic doctor removing internal organs" process directly in front of the two people.

Why is it said that a forensic doctor is somewhat similar to a butcher?

Because the process of removing the kidneys was no different from removing kidneys from a pig; he simply pulled open the peritoneum and cut it out.

Surgeons are relatively more meticulous, separating each skin blood vessel, fascia nerve, and so on very well.

Because if you're not careful, you could easily sever one of the nerves, causing the distant limbs to lose sensation.

At that moment, Jiang Chen reached out and pulled open the deceased's small intestine, pulling out a portion and then pulling out another portion.

The small intestine is the longest organ in the human body, nearly a meter long. However, it is clustered together in layers, so our abdomen is not very large.

After pulling out the intestinal tube, Jiang Chen continued to examine the source of the bleeding while pulling it out.

For Jiang Chen, bleeding could occur in the liver, the arteries of the intestines, or even the stomach, as well as the spleen and pancreas.

He carefully examined the internal organs as he dissected them, not overlooking any possible source of bleeding.

Just one minute later, Jiang Chen's hands were already covered in blood.

The gloves, which were originally white, had now turned bright red and looked quite eerie.

Li Jian and Wang Hui stood opposite him, observing carefully, trying to find the source of the bleeding.

Five minutes later, Jiang Chen pulled open the victim's left abdominal cavity and found that the spleen had been torn apart.

Then, he turned to his family and said, "Brother Wang, please ask my family to get me some cotton. I need to wipe the blood off so I can see where the bleeding is coming from."

Soon, Wang Hui quickly went to the deceased's family and brought them cotton.

Jiang Chen took the cotton and wiped the membrane on the surface of the spleen clean.

Sure enough, there was a crack in the center of the membrane, and there were several small tears next to the crack.

Seeing this, Jiang Chen had some questions.

He was not unfamiliar with the rupture of the spleen.

Splenic rupture is classified into true rupture and false rupture, which is documented in forensic pathology.

However, no matter what type of fracture it is, none of them have this kind of surface with multiple needle-like fractures.

This is clearly very unusual.

Whether it is a true rupture or a false rupture, it must be a tear, not a series of needle-like changes.

He then removed the spleen and examined it carefully in his hand.

Li Jian and Wang Hui, standing opposite each other, also looked puzzled.

The two of them only knew that this thing looked like a human kidney, but they didn't know what Jiang Chen was observing.

Li Jian's gaze shifted back and forth between Jiang Chen and the spleen several times before he asked, "Brother Jiang Chen, why are there so many pinhole-like ruptures in the middle of this spleen? Was it caused by a sharp object?"

"But there are no visible breaks in the skin."

"If the skin was irritated by a sharp object, there should be small cuts or breaks in the skin."

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui immediately nodded and said, "That's right, the skin looks very smooth."

As he spoke, he bent down again to examine the skin on the left side of the deceased's abdomen.

After the two finished speaking, Jiang Chen nodded and said, "That does raise some questions. I didn't find any sharp objects or piercings on the deceased's skin just now."

"That's strange, how exactly did it break?"

"If the rupture wasn't caused by an external object piercing the skin, what else could it be?"

Jiang Chen observed for a while, then looked at the deceased's abdominal cavity, where a large amount of blood had accumulated.

The spleen is a blood storage organ in the human body, containing a very large amount of blood.

When the body is in a state of ischemia, the spleen will squeeze out the blood inside to supply the whole body and maintain the blood supply to the heart and brain.

When the body has a large amount of blood, the spleen will store a large amount of blood, similar to the body's blood bank.

Jiang Chen put down the spleen he was holding, reached into the abdominal cavity again, pried open the tube, and carefully examined it.

However, there was a lot of blood in the abdominal cavity. What could have caused the spleen to rupture?