Notes on the Demonstrations in Morbid Anatomy; (Including Autopsies); Delivered in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania Before the Third-Year Class (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...and one small. A pair of scales. Litmus paper. Lugol's solution. A good hand-glass. f A portable steel tripod rest for the head. The following instruments can be purchased for about $5.00, and kept rolled up in a chamois skin ready for use: A large section knife and a scalpel. Enterotome. Chisel. Saw. Large needle. Pair of scissors. A well-apportioned mortuary room, such as is seen at the University, should contain a table upon which are to be placed the instruments, scales, plates, etc. Plenty of running water, a spigot being arranged above the post-mortem table so as to allow the water to flow directly on the body. The table should be about seven feet long, two feet nine inches high, and drain toward the centre by means of a depression, which should be connected with a drain and a ventilating shaft. For class purposes the table should revolve, and, by an ingenious arrangement of a fulcrum and lever attachment, the weight of the body can be determined. A skylight above and a billiard-table gaslight should be directly over the table. A block for the head, or the rest used by the undertaker, should be provided. A wooden board for the examination of the organs should be provided for section work, as they slip when placed upon the slab. A sink for washing out the intestines, or if this is not at hand, a bucket and washbasin. Museum jars or preserving jars (as in Fig. 46) and bottles containing different percentages of alcohol and Midler's fluid should be on hand. It is the distom in this country and in England to give the weights of the organs in avoirdupois ounces, their dimensions in inches, and capacity in cubic inches, though the Continental method of using grammes, centimetres, and cubic centimetres is fast gaining ground. Troy weight is sometimes used, a...