A Practical Guide For Making Post-Mortem Examinations

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Author

Thomas, A. R. (Amos Russell), 1826-1895

Title

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

Original Publication

New York: Boericke & Tafel, 1873.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RB: Medicine: Pathology

Subject

Anatomy, Pathological

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 76936

Release Date

September 26, 2025

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.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.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION
5. 5.PRELIMINARY CHAPTER. — INSTRUMENTS AND GENERAL DIRECTIONS. — PRELIMINARY PREPARATIONS.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.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.
8. 8.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.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.INDEX.
11. 11.ERRATA.

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