Health, issued a' statement in the afternoon on the autopsy performed on Mrs. Waddell-Hsu.
He said: "The examination of the body was concluded on Wednesday evening, and a report was given to the Procurator and the police yesterday morning. The results of the Jexamination may be summarized 4s follows:
"There were slight injuries in the left neck region and the outer side of the Fight thigh. These wounds consisted of Superficial bruises and scratches, "not Suclent to cause death.
There was no evidence of any dicate in any organ of the body, including the Dain, which could have caused death.
"Chemical and. toxicological Investiga~ tions of the organs and. their contents la closed van absence of any known olson, argante oF inorgante.
"There wat no evidence of criminal "The most important positive findings were an absence of clotting of blood in the heart and blood. vessels, almost 24 hears after death, and of congestion of several of the organs.
Death Through Asphyxiation "These findings point to death! through asphyxiation, presumably by means of smothering. The presence Jof undigested food in the stomach suggests that death took place within two to three hours after eating."
Subsequently, a spokesman of the! [Central University stated that "rs. Waddell-Hsu was not a regular memer of the faculty of the University. JShe was teaching in the department Jof public health of the University with no official contract. but only by Dersonal request of Dr. D. Bf. Pong who had been invited by the Univer sity. since the beginning of this Semester and who is now on leave, owing to some previous engagement! Preventing him from assuming his Jduty here—Reuter.
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