A practical guide for making post-mortem examinations
by A. R. Thomas
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- A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR MAKING POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS, AND FOR THE STUDY OF MORBID ANATOMY, WITH DIRECTIONS FOR EMBALMING THE DEAD, AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS OF MORBID ANATOMY.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- INTRODUCTION
- PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
- INSTRUMENTS AND GENERAL DIRECTIONS.
- PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS.
- PART I. THE HEAD AND SPINE.
- CHAPTER I. THE OPERATION.
- THE SPINAL CORD.
- CHAPTER II. PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
- Section I. OF THE SKULL.
- Section II. THE MEMBRANES OF THE BRAIN.
- Section III. OF THE BRAIN.
- Section IV. OF THE SPINAL CORD.
- PART II. THE NECK AND CHEST.
- CHAPTER I. OPERATION ON THE NECK.
- OPERATION ON THE CHEST.
- CHAPTER II. PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
- Section I. OF THE TONGUE.
- Section II. OF THE LARYNX AND TRACHEA.
- Section III. OF THE PHARYNX AND ŒSOPHAGUS.
- Section IV. OF THE PERICARDIUM.
- Section V. OF THE HEART.
- Section VI. THE AORTA AND ARTERIES GENERALLY.
- Section VII. THE PLEURA.
- Section VIII. THE LUNGS AND BRONCHIAL TUBES.
- PART III. THE ABDOMEN AND PELVIS.
- CHAPTER I. THE OPERATION.
- The Pelvic Viscera.
- CHAPTER II. PATHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS.
- Section I. OF THE PERITONEUM.
- Section II. OF THE STOMACH.
- Section 2. THE INTESTINES.
- Section IV. THE PANCREAS.
- Section V. THE SPLEEN.
- Section VI. OF THE LIVER.
- CHAPTER II. THE URINARY APPARATUS.
- Section I. THE KIDNEYS.
- Section II. THE URINARY BLADDER.
- CHAPTER III. THE MALE GENERATIVE ORGANS.
- Section I. OF THE PENIS.
- Section II. OF THE SCROTUM.
- Section III. OF THE TESTICLES.
- Section IV. THE SEMINAL VESICLES AND PROSTATE.
- CHAPTER IV. THE FEMALE GENERATIVE ORGANS.
- Section I. THE PUDENDA AND VAGINA.
- Section II. OF THE UTERUS.
- Section III. THE OVARIES AND FALLOPIAN TUBES.
- Section III. OF THE MAMMÆ.
- PART IV. MISCELLANEOUS SUBJECTS.
- CHAPTER I. OF THE PERIOSTEUM AND BONES.
- Section I. OF THE PERIOSTEUM.
- Section II. OF THE BONES.
- CHAPTER II. DISEASES OF THE JOINTS.
- CHAPTER III. OF TUMORS.
- I. Benign or Non-Malignant Tumors.
- II. Malignant Tumors.
- CHAPTER IV. POST-MORTEM APPEARANCES IN DEATH FROM UNNATURAL CAUSES.
- 1. Death from Poisoning.
- 2. Death from Suffocation.
- 3. Death from Hanging, Throttling and Strangling.
- 4. Death from Drowning.
- CHAPTER V. MEDICO-LEGAL QUESTIONS.
- 1. Method of Conducting a Medico-Legal Autopsy.
- 2. Questions relating to New-Born Children.
- 3. Supposed Period of Death.
- 4. The Probable Cause of Death.
- CHAPTER VI. ON EMBALMING THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER VII. PRESERVATION OF SPECIMENS OF MORBID ANATOMY.
- Preparation of Bones.
- INDEX.
- ERRATA.
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