Qin Ming, a well-known forensic doctor, once told such a story in an interview with the media, when he ate a sheep scorpion with a senior forensic doctor, the other party picked up a piece of sheep's vertebrae and asked him how the sheep and human vertebrae were different, and then 1, 2, 3, and 4 carefully told the differences.
There is also a story in which the protagonist is not yet a forensic doctor, but a medical student studying anatomy courses. He and his friend went out to meet a girl in cool clothes, and the medical student's eyes lit up and he said to his friend, "Look at that girl! The friend just turned his eyes to the past, and was about to comment, when he heard the second half of the medical student's sentence, "It is certainly not good to dissect it!" ”
Zhang Xing, who has been working in forensic medicine for many years, said that it is true that some forensic doctors have some occupational diseases that seem strange to outsiders, but most of them are relatively normal, and life and work can be completely separated.
There are some heavy taste pictures of corpses on the Internet, and the most widely spread one is called the Giant View (not detailed here, interested readers can check it out for themselves), which is said to be the corpse that gives forensic doctors the most headaches.
Zhang Xing said that the highly corrupt and full appearance of the Giant View is indeed difficult to accept, but it is not much of a shock to forensic doctors who are accustomed to seeing all kinds of crime scenes. The real difficulty lies in the extremely unpleasant odor, the image can be habitually taken for granted, and the physiological stimuli of the smell can only be endured silently. To add to the headache, the giant view is a destructive phenomenon, and many clues disappear as the corpse decays, so forensic doctors must examine it more carefully to find clues.
That is, this corpse stinks more than others, and you need to work more meticulously on this corpse for longer.
From "Forensic Records" many years ago to "Forensic Qin Ming" in recent years, these film and television works have once led to a wave of forensic fever. In the TV, the forensic doctor often wears a trench coat or a white coat through the scene of the crime, investigates the case, checks the scene, and under the meticulous investigation of the handsome forensic doctor, the murderer has nowhere to hide. Many people will yearn for forensic doctors after watching the TV series, hoping that one day they can also peel back the cocoon and restore the truth like them. But in fact, forensic work is not so glamorous, even Qin Ming himself has said in an interview with the media that tv dramas have a certain artistic processing, and there are some discrepancies with the actual forensic routine.
Zhang Xing introduced that forensic doctors are first and foremost a policeman, most of whom are subordinate to the local public security system. In addition to the forensic doctors who often go to the scene of the crime in most people's understanding, there are also forensic doctors who do laboratory tests all year round, and some grass-roots forensic doctors also have to undertake ordinary police work such as patrols and duty.
Many forensic doctors spend nearly half of their time a year on business trips, going to various crime scenes for examination, which may be in urban areas, remote suburbs, mountainous areas, etc., and some business trips are to do injury identification, bone age identification, histopathology tests, etc. In addition, most of the time will be in the office to deal with daily work, including daily identification and some administrative training and other work.
In related TV dramas, the role of forensic doctors is always highlighted, so that forensic doctors participate in case investigations and solve cases through forensic reasoning and appraisal. In reality, most of the forensic cases do only analyze and collect evidence. Forensic forensic evidence collection plays a key role in the detection of many cases, but in some cases forensic identification is not the key to solving the case, and it may even be broken before the autopsy is completed, and some cannot obtain effective clues. "The case detection must be done in many parts, and it is understandable that the plot of the film and television work needs to highlight the role of the protagonist."
Zhang Xing was woken up by the phone more than once in the middle of the night, climbed out of the bed and casually wiped his face to go to the scene of the crime, and then worked continuously for one or two decades, unkempt. I have never had a real holiday in the sense of the word after more than ten years of work, and I am on duty 24 hours a day, as long as there is a case on call.
"It's not cool at all! Don't get into the business with that in mind! ”
"Forensic medicine is just a profession, and no forensic doctor is a pathological preference for heavy tastes."
Many forensic doctors have been asked to re-taste pictures and videos, and they are extremely disgusted by this. "Not to mention that taking pictures is a serious violation, and I will not be so disgusted that I spread this kind of thing." Zhang Xing said.
"No one learns forensics because they like corpses, they like to rot, they like heavy taste, it's just that forensic doctors are more receptive to them in terms of work." Just as medical students have a general teacher, forensics have a heartfelt respect for every corpse. ”
Zhang Xing said that from studying medicine to entering the industry, he has faced countless corpses over the years, and every forensic doctor can basically maintain calm and respect in front of the deceased. Emotional fluctuations often occur when facing the living, such as the families of the deceased and the families of the victims. "For example, when facing a child who has been killed, you can still keep a calm job, but when you see the tearing expression of the child's parents, the touch of the heart is inevitable."
What impact does such work have in life?
A forensic doctor once mentioned in the article that he would hardly shake hands with other people because they would wash their hands carefully after shaking hands. In this regard, many forensic doctors, including Zhang Xing, have said that they are not so exaggerated, and those in the circle who know their profession are more curious, and few people show disgust and alienation. "Of course, people are divided into groups, and people who can't accept it may not have contact with you, and there is no need to come and shake hands with you and wash their hands."
There is a joke on the Internet that forensic doctors can distinguish whether the chicken is killed or died early when buying chickens, and there are many similar versions of the story of the sheep scorpion mentioned at the beginning. Zhang Xing explained that most of these are paragraphs, but some behavioral habits will indeed be brought into life. For example, when watching the news, he likes to analyze the logic of a detail in the film and television drama, and analyze the truth and falsity of a social hot event.
A few years ago, there was a case of student death that was very highly concerned, the student's body was found downstairs in the dormitory, and pictures circulating on the Internet could see suspected purple bruises on the back of the deceased. The official notification concluded that he had committed suicide by falling from a building, and many people on the Internet questioned that the wounds of the deceased looked like they had been beaten. Zhang Xing also paid attention to this news at that time, and analyzed the suspicious points of the incident with the people around him. His conclusions were consistent with the local police, which determined that the photos were eligible for a high fall, with purple-red backs as corpse spots rather than bruises, and strip marks as postmortem indentations rather than stick wounds.
"Using your profession to dispel a rumor and spread some truth among the people around you is also an extra valuable thing to do."
In terms of knowledge, many forensic doctors have "dissuaded" people who wish to enter the industry under relevant issues. The reasons for the dismissal are probably as follows: the work is not white or black, the autopsy is not cool at all, and the income is not high.
Zhang Xing has also been persuaded to retire many times, and he explained that his dismissal is not because he hates the work he is engaged in, but because he wants everyone to think clearly and then consider entering the industry. Many people will yearn for forensic doctors after watching several film and television works, and want to expose the truth and fight crime like the protagonists on TV. In fact, this job is the same as other jobs, not so glamorous and not so many strange cases, and the daily work is very ordinary or even a little boring.
Most people take two steps to become a forensic doctor. The first step is to study a related profession, forensic science, an interdisciplinary discipline of medicine and law, and get a bachelor's or master's degree. The second step is to take the civil service examination, and most of the public examinations in various places every year will have forensic positions, which are subordinate to the local public security or procuratorate.
Taking the 2021 Shandong Provincial Civil Servant Examination as an example, two forensic positions in Jinan belong to the Jinan Municipal Public Security Bureau and the Jinan Municipal People's Procuratorate. Among them, the Jinan Municipal Public Security Bureau mentioned two requirements, one is unilateral correction of vision less than 5.0 unqualified; the other is required to have a strong ability to withstand pressure and high psychological quality, work intensity, suitable for men.
Looking at a number of prefectural positions, it is found that the academic requirements are bachelor's degree and master's degree, vision 5.0 is a general requirement, some will limit men's application or notes suitable for men, most of them have no gender requirements. Zhang Xing said that the number of women in forensic medicine is indeed not much, probably because of the high intensity of work and the large number of field workers, but there are still many excellent female forensic doctors.
"Forensic income is very low, and many grassroots forensic doctors earn four or five thousand yuan a month. There is also a point that is easy to overlook, the body is not only rotten and stenchy, but also often carries germs, and forensic work is very risky. Previously, when a forensic doctor encountered an autopsy of an AIDS patient, he accidentally punctured his finger with a suture needle contaminated with the blood of the deceased, but fortunately there was no infection in the end. ”
The income is low, the work is tired, and the risk is still large, so why do you have to do this work? The interview ended with Asking Zhang Xing.
"Haha, generate electricity for love!" A forensic doctor once said that the greatest respect for a corpse is to help him finish his words. Every time I helped him tell the truth, I felt worthy. ”
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