Dossier concerning Lin Kangshi (林康氏), a woman in her mid-fifties whose death in Shanghai on 17 May 1945 was investigated as suicide by jumping from a building. The archival heading explicitly attributes the suicide to a condition described as 神經病. The police non-natural death report identifies Lin as a 54-year-old woman, unemployed at the time of her death, and records the incident within the jurisdiction of the Taishan Police Branch.
Following the fall, Lin was taken for medical treatment. The dossier contains a police injury form from the Second Hospital of the Shanghai Medical Unit of the Tongrenhui (同仁會上海診療班第二醫院) and an English-language Medical Certificate of Death recording that she died at Renji Hospital (仁濟醫院) on 17 May. The latter documents severe traumatic injuries, including a forehead laceration and fracture of the base of the skull, consistent with a fall from height. It records her as female, married, Chinese, and 55 years old, creating a one-year age discrepancy with the police and later judicial records.
Police testimony investigates Lin's medical and mental condition before the suicide. Witness questioning explicitly discusses her 神經病, prior treatment, and the circumstances preceding the jump. The file also preserves medical documentation and a Chinese medical prescription associated with her treatment. The dossier subsequently passed to the prosecutorial authorities for formal examination. The medico-legal records again identify Lin as approximately 54 years old and document multiple traumatic injuries. The final conclusion attributes her death to injuries sustained in the fall (跌傷致死).
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