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Title: Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Cattell, Henry Ware, 1862-1936. (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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d the sacrum, while Schottelius recommends the endingof the incision at the posterior superior spine of the ilium. The body isthen placed in the position seen in Fig. 101, and the thighs are sepa-rated. An oval incision is next made, starting above the external geni-talia, below the symphysis pubis, and ending behind the anus near the (84 POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS coccyx ( which may be examined at this time), passing to the outside ofthe labia on each side. Traction is then made upon the soft partstowards the median line and the incision deepened, keeping as close aspossible to the pelvic bones and taking care that the knife or scissorscutting in the direction of the long axis of the body does not injure therectum, bladder, or external genitalia. It is now possible to remove theexternal genitals, bladder, and rectum through the abdominal cavity, orthe internal parts through the oval incision exteriorly (Figs. 102 to 109inclusive). Whichever method is adopted, the muscles, fatty tissue,
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Fig. hi.—The uterus has been incised in the manner called for in Fig. no. The ovary and the tubeare opened. The fimbriated extremity, the hydatid of Morgagni, and a corpus luteum are well shown inthe illustration. and fascia holding the parts in place are to be severed without injury tothe tissues desired to be preserved; or an internal or external hysterec-tomy may be performed, if for any reason the external incisions shouldbe avoided. If the ureters and kidneys have been left connected, theymay be removed at the same time. The pelvic organs having been ex-cised, they are placed on a board upon the table in the same relativeposition that they occupied while they were in the body. The bladderis then incised anteriorly with the scissors on the median line from thefundus to the urethra, which should be opened. In the male, the pros-tate should be carefully observed.1 The rectum is slit up along its 1 Many obducents partially open the bladder while it is still attached to thebody; ind

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