Chapter 11 Section 11

I also tested the trousers and slippers that Dr. Jackson mentioned.Except for some bloodstains on the right slipper, the spots on the soles are all Venetian red (a kind of pigment—note by the author). (Prosecution lawyers ask witnesses to explain the cataloging of the bones to the jury) According to my cataloguing, the bone fragments came from various parts of the body, mainly the head and extremities - face, forehead, neck, hand, right leg below the knee and foot... The blood volume in the human body is about one-fifth of the body weight.So, a 140-pound adult should have 28 pounds or 28 pints of blood in his body.But we found no traces of blood in Professor West's laboratory other than those I mentioned earlier.

I even had someone pry open the bricks on the lab floor, but no blood was found between the cracks and the layers of the bricks. As for the blood spots on the trousers, as far as I know, there is no way to determine when the blood was splashed. I can distinguish the blood of a human being from some lower animals, but not human blood from a higher animal such as that of a cow. My name is Nathan C. Kopp, a surgical dentist practicing here for 30 years.Dr. George Peckman is my patient. On Monday, December 3rd, I returned to Boston from Spinfield for Thanksgiving.Dr. Winslow Lewis showed me some dentures.I recognized right away that I had made it for Dr. Peckman.

Dr. Pikeman's mouth shape and the relative position of the upper and lower jaws are very special, so I am very impressed. Dr. Peckman asked me how long it would take to order my dentures.He said that a certain day of the month is the inauguration ceremony of the new building of the medical school, and he will attend and speak as a sponsor, and the tooth must be done before then, otherwise he will not want it... Later, I adjusted and polished the new teeth for him several times.The last time was two weeks before he disappeared. ………… These teeth should have been burned with the head, or some part of the head, or something similar.Because if they are put into the fire alone, they will crack and break due to the sudden high temperature.But if there are muscles or other cushioning materials around, the heating rate will be relatively slow, and the moisture in the tooth itself will gradually evaporate, even after burning, it will not be deformed due to cracking.

I put a lot of effort into making these dentures, and then I have worn them many times, and I know their shape, size, texture, color, and contour lines very well.When Dr. Lewis asked me to identify these false teeth found in the furnace, I immediately said, "Dr. Peckman is gone, we will never see him again." Wow, I recognized it right away! Oliver Holmes, "Peckman Professor of Anatomy Emeritus" at Harvard Medical School, a title established in recognition of Dr. Peckman's contributions to the medical school. At the inauguration of the new building of the Faculty of Medicine on November 1, 1846, I remember meeting Dr. Peckman and noticing his new teeth.

Senior staff at Harvard Medical School include: W. Chanin, MD, Professor of Forensic Science, J. Baikiru, MD, Professor of Materials Medicine, J. W. West, MD, PhD, Professor of Chemistry, and J. Weir, MD , Professor of Physics, J.B.S. Jacquesson, MD, Professor of Pathological Anatomy, and myself. I checked them out on the Monday or Tuesday after I found them.Obviously, the dismemberer had some common sense of anatomy, at least he knew where to cut.It should be said that the method is not clumsy. I was familiar with Dr. Peckman's figure and features.I see no dissimilarity between those limbs and the corresponding parts of Dr. Peckman's body.

I remember that on the day Dr. Peckman disappeared, I finished class on time at 1 o'clock.My office is just above Professor West's.His lab has a high ceiling, but I didn't hear anything out of the ordinary.I did hear clapping from him when I was in anatomy class, but never in my office.The anatomy classroom is also on the second floor. Thus far, the prosecution believes that they have proved to the jury, as promised, that Dr. George Peckman was murdered to death.On the fourth day of the trial, people in the courtroom waited for their long-awaited star witness (starwitness) or key witness for the prosecution.

My name is Evren Littlefield, a handyman at the Harvard Medical School.I was in charge of cleaning the entire medical school, starting the stove, sweeping the floor, dusting and so on.I have been working in the medical school for seven years, the first four years at the old school on Mason Road, and the last three years at the new school on North Grove Street. As of October last year, I have known Professor West for 7 years, counting from the time I went to medical school.I have known Dr. Peckman for almost 20 years. On the Monday before the doctor disappeared, I witnessed a meeting between Professor West and Dr. Pikeman in the back room of the laboratory on the second floor of the professor.I was doing odd jobs there for the professor.The room was very dark, and three or four candles were lit.I didn't hear footsteps.But Dr. Pikeman suddenly walked into the professor's secret room.Professor West was also surprised at the time.

Dr. Pikeman spoke quickly and loudly: "Professor West, have you prepared everything for me?" Professor West said, "No, I'm not ready yet, doctor." West The professor said again, "How about tomorrow, Doctor?" Dr. Peckman stood at the door, waved his hand and said, "That's a deal. There must be an explanation tomorrow." Then he left.That was the last time I saw Dr. Peckman in medical school. The next day at 1:30 in the afternoon, I was standing outside the gate of the medical school when Professor West came up and asked me to deliver a note to Dr. Peckman for him.I gave the note to a little boy named John Maxwell.He personally went to Pikeman's house and handed it over to the doctor.

Also one day that week, Professor West asked me if I could light a lamp in the cellar.I said no.He asked me if I was sure, and I said I had tried it a few days ago, but the air in the basement was dirty and lacked oxygen, and I quickly blew the lights out.I tried because I was looking for an African head that had been macerated (softened) in the cellar for Dr. Ainsworth.I lit the lamp and carried it down, but it went out after a while.Professor West said he wanted to prepare some gases for an experiment.