Dossier concerning Yuan Qinglang (袁清郎), a 33-year-old man from Jiangsu, who attempted suicide in Shanghai in November 1944. The police investigation records that on 11 November 1944 Yuan ingested 黃鏹水, a corrosive acid, with suicidal intent (意圖自殺). He was taken to Guangci Hospital (廣慈醫院) for treatment. Despite medical intervention, his condition did not improve, and he died there on 25 November 1944. The police subsequently reported the death and requested a formal judicial examination.
The dossier contains the police death report, narrative investigation, interrogation records concerning the deceased and the circumstances of the suicide attempt, correspondence with the prosecutorial authorities, and a detailed medico-legal examination of the corpse. The corpse-examination record identifies the deceased as 袁清郎, aged 33 and native of Jiangsu. The final medico-legal conclusion records 無外傷,經醫治無效身死—no external injuries were found, and death followed unsuccessful medical treatment
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