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Title: Postmortem pathology; a manual of the technic of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Cattell, Henry W(are), 1862- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Anatomy, Pathological Autopsy
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Fig. 115.—Method of opening the uterus ; the lines show the places for the incisions, one of which hasalready been started at the cervix. Letulle prefers to open the uterus posteriorly. (Figs. 107 to 114, inclusive). Whichever method is adopted, the mus-cles, fatty tissue, and fascia holding the parts in place are to be severedwithout injury to the tissues to be examined; or an internal or vaginalhysterectomy may be performed, if for any reason the external incisionsshould be avoided. If the ureters and kidneys have been left connected,they may be removed at the same time. The pelvic organs having beenexcised, they are placed on a board upon the table in the same relative
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Fig. 106.—Position in which the body is advantageously placed for examination of the rectovaginal regionand for the performance of a postmortem per vagina?n or per rectum. The body is drawn down towards theend of the table and the hips are elevated with a block. The thighs are then strongly flexed and each one heldsecurely in place by a separate bandage fastened beneath the table.

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