Chapter 402: Original Flavor

The first time he did skull reconstruction, Jiang Yuan was very meticulous. He changed the water in the pot for boiling the skull twice, until the bones were boiled to the point of being separated from the meat, wishing he could shake it twice and the meat would fall off cleanly.

The remaining bones were not so particular. They were all boiled in a large pot, skimming the foam in the middle, and by the way, scooping away the rotten meat and pouring out too much grease.

"Every time I boil this, it reminds me of boiling brine in my hometown." Old Ye stirred the steel pot with a large thigh bone, his eyes full of nostalgia: "The brine my grandmother boiled was a must. Every year during the New Year, she would boil a lot. Chicken, beef, and mutton had to be there. She would pack them for each family, and they would take them back."

"That's a family heirloom." Wang Zhong was still young, so he cooperated with Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye and said a sentence.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye nodded heavily and said: "Later I became a forensic doctor, so this inheritance was broken."

"Why?"

"One year when I was boiling soup, I scooped out the meat and discarded it, just like this. It wasn't exactly the New Year, and there were many dead people. I boiled corpses in the unit for a week and got used to it." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye pouted and added: "That pot of brine was later disliked by the villagers, saying it had the smell of formalin, which was equivalent to a waste. Our Old Ye family's brine passed down for 40 years, hey, it's a pity..."

Wang Zhong felt both a pity and uncomfortable: "Is it a brine passed down from generation to generation by a forensic family?"

He actually really wanted to say that such brine is actually a waste if it is wasted.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye just thought he was purely a pity, and sighed even more heavily, and said: "You reminded me, I will boil a pot of brine when I go home this year, no matter what..."

Jiang Yuan didn't wait for them to boil other bones, hugged the skull himself, sat to one side, and began to measure the size with a ruler bit by bit and make records.

Later, this skull will have to be scanned again, but measuring the size once is the most basic work.

During the time of measuring the size, Jiang Yuan was also observing this skull.

The history of skull reconstruction can be traced back a long time. The earliest was proposed by the German anatomist Schaffhausen in 1877.

This year is the 3rd year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty, only two years away from Zuo Zongtang carrying a coffin into Xinjiang, and 37 years away from the outbreak of World War I.

Schaffhausen's theory is very simple and direct, because he discovered that the thickness of the soft tissue on the human face has certain rules, so

as long as you know the thickness of the soft tissue in various parts of the head, you can

infer the appearance of the owner of the skull before death.

Although it is a theory from more than 100 years ago, in the next 100 years, the framework of skull reconstruction has not changed much. What has changed is technology.

Of course, from the perspective of practical operation, the evolution of technology was only felt simple at that time. Looking at it every three or five decades, they were basically black technology.

The earliest skull reconstruction was very direct. First, measure the thickness of the head and facial tissues to get an average value that can be used, and then it is to constantly expand and improve these values.

There is a very important base point here: the thickness of human soft tissue is relatively constant. To put it in more straightforward terms, fat people only get fat on their faces, and their nose bridges, eye sockets, foreheads, and ears usually do not accumulate fat.

In this way, the skull is ready-made, and the thickness of the soft tissue is checked according to the age, race, gender, and other restrictive conditions of the owner of the skull, and then consider muscles, glands, and other tissues... Finally, stack them up bit by bit.

But whether it is the original Russian method, the subsequent American method, or the most commonly used British method now, the results of skull reconstruction are greatly influenced by the operator's aesthetics and technology.

This is also the most difficult part of skull reconstruction.

Of course, another difficulty is caused by technological evolution.

With the development of modern technology, the previous way of using brackets and clay has gradually been replaced by computer technology.

In other words, Level 1 skull reconstruction requires technical personnel to be familiar with forensic anatomy while mastering certain artistic aesthetics and even sculpture technology, and when it reaches Level 2 and above, it begins to require you to understand computers and mathematics...

Like this kind of

hexagon warrior, whether in the blind date market or in the forensic office, is rare.

So, when Jiang Yuan measured the size more and more meticulously, Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye began to feel something was wrong.

"What are you doing holding that brain shell? It took so long." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye asked.

Jiang Yuan answered truthfully: "I am preparing to do skull reconstruction." Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye laughed: "Just kidding."

Jiang Yuan said: "No."

Jiang Yuan continued to hold the skull and measure the size.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye soon realized that Jiang Yuan was not joking with him.

Jiang Yuan must be so busy every day. Even if he was joking, at

most he would make two verbal jokes. How could he make a costly joke with a middle-aged man like him?

Looking at Jiang Yuan's step-by-step serious appearance, Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye instinctively felt uncomfortable, as if someone else was growing a brain while he missed it.

Jiang Yuan measured the facial features almost the same, then got up to check the boiled bones.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye then reacted a little, and asked in a low voice: "Team Leader Jiang, when did you learn skull reconstruction?"

"Also learned recently." Jiang Yuan said.

Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye frowned: "This... is not easy to learn. Did you just learn it directly?"

According to the forensic doctors' own understanding, techniques like skull reconstruction basically belong to the kind that you know when you are born; if you don't know when you are born, you won't.

As an old-qualified forensic doctor, Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye actually hadn't seen two people who really knew how to do it. Perhaps someone knew, but they had never shown it in front of him. Old Ye himself learned about it through training or meetings.

Jiang Yuan recalled the various difficulties on the way to find Guihua, and said frankly: "If you want to say it, it's not easy to learn, it's quite bumpy."

When he said this, Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye believed it a little, but his heart was scratching even more.

"Then when you do it later, can I take a look?" He didn't want to learn, mainly because he was curious. Of course, from the perspective of drawing a lottery, Old Ye never had the chance to come into contact with skull reconstruction in his life. What if he also had talent in this area? Taking a look wouldn't lose a piece of meat.

In addition, he was worried that Jiang Yuan would cherish his broom and drive people away, or do it privately.

Jiang Yuan didn't even think in this direction. Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye wanted to see, so he agreed, and then continued to look at the boiled bones.

"Looking at the ratio of this foot to height, the probability of being a local in Shannan is relatively high... The wear on the knee is someone who often climbs mountains. It doesn't look like a sports enthusiast. Should they live on the mountain? Or often do work of climbing up and down?" Jiang Yuan was looking at the bones while letting Wang Zhong make records.

High-level forensic anthropology is always playing a role in skull reconstruction. For example, determining race—the race in the country is relatively single, but there are also different ethnic minorities, or foreigners living abroad. It is not guaranteed that a Uruguayan will die in the pool.

In addition, people from different provinces have different facial characteristics. For example, people in the Yellow River Basin have yellowish skin, thicker eyebrows, and thicker lips. People in the Yangtze River Basin have a lower average height than

the Yellow River Basin, but their skin is whiter, and most of them have single eyelids. Those in the Pearl River Basin have darker skin, more prominent frontal bones, and thicker lips.

In addition, branches such as Kangba type, Annan type, Northeast Asian type, etc., all have their own characteristics.

The purpose of doing these classifications is to determine the proportion of cartilage.

From this perspective, only having a Level 1 anthropological foundation can really only do the basics. At least you must have a Level 2 forensic anthropology to do it decently.

In addition, Jiang Yuan's footprint analysis and other skills can also play a role.

Jiang Yuan did the analysis meticulously, and Wang Zhong made records seriously. Wu Wu Fa Yi Ye boiled the bones silently, and the fragrance filled the room.

... The next day.

The crows in the funeral home croaked.

Red-billed birds, some landed on branches, some landed on the ground. While foraging, there was almost no vigilance.

Hou Lejia ran to the forensic dissection room early.

Entering, he saw Jiang Yuan holding the skull, observing it carefully.

Hou Lejia had already received Huang Qiangmin's call yesterday. His ear roots were still hurting at this moment. Seeing this scene, he said "Ouch": "Wu Wu Fa Yi Jiang, my good Team Leader Jiang, can't we use traditional methods to do this case?"

"Are you referring to the change in the investigation direction?" Jiang Yuan had already been notified by Huang Qiangmin, and raised his head without surprise.

Hou Lejia looked haggard than yesterday, his eye sockets were a bit dark, looking like he hadn't slept well.

He was hesitant when asked by Jiang Yuan, and then said in a low voice: "It's not the investigation direction, I mean, can't we just look at the bones? Or, it's fine to do another cold case..."

"Captain Hou." A sticky clip-on voice came from the side, it was Tang Jia who was sent early in the morning.

Hou Lejia was confused and looked over.

"Captain Hou, even if we change to another cold case, our Director Huang's requirements will not be lowered." Tang Jia used a cute voice to say cruel words.

Hou Lejia sighed heavily.

Jiang Yuan remained unmoved. The funding of the Ningtai County Bureau definitely couldn't afford a CT machine, and the funding of Longli County was definitely not much,

but it's just the beginning of the year.

"Forget it, I'll call someone to install the machine first. It's currently in the debugging and trial period. Later, when you look at it and want it, we will pay the money." Hou Lejia looked at the white skull in Jiang Yuan's arms again, and before leaving, he remembered,

and said: "By the way, the Provincial Department said, if you are sure to do this case, they want to bring people over to see."

"I have no opinion." Jiang Yuan answered very happily. He had long been used to working under the gaze of all parties.

Hou Lejia left with heavy steps. The Provincial Department came, and he still had to entertain them in Longli County. The number of people coming this time was not small, and the meal expenses were estimated to explode.

In the end, the grassroots carried everything. ===== CHAPTER 403 =====