Dossier concerning Chen Wushi (陳吳氏), a 43-year-old woman from Anhui, whose death in Shanghai in 1944 followed a suicide attempt involving a self-inflicted throat wound with scissors. The police corpse report records that on 24 July 1944, at approximately 7 p.m., Chen used scissors to stab or cut her throat (用剪刀戳喉管自殺) at her residence on Fulüli Road (福履理路), no. 633. She was discovered and taken to Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院) for treatment. She remained under medical care until 30 September 1944, when she died; the hospital then notified the police and the body was transferred for medico-legal examination. The dossier contains police correspondence, interrogation records and statements from family members concerning the deceased and the circumstances of the suicide attempt, followed by a detailed judicial examination of the corpse. The final medico-legal documentation records findings consistent with suicide and does not indicate evidence establishing homicide.
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