A handbook for the post-mortem room / by Alexander G. Gibson.

  • Gibson, Alexander George, 1875-1950
Date:
1914
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: A handbook for the post-mortem room / by Alexander G. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a graduated wooden staff with a fixed transverse piece at one end and a movable one at the other is required. 3. Different sizes of measuring glasses for obtaining the volume of fluids. Those of 100 c.c. and 1,000 c.c. are perhaps the most useful. A small cup or beaker is desirable for transferring fluids from the body to these vessels. 4. Three or four circular deep enamelled howls of various sizes for holding the organs, such as the intestines, when removing them from the body, and three or four shallow flat-bottomed enamelled trays for transporting organs and for use as dissecting trays. Earthenware or glass vessels with lids for the preserva- tion of organs. 5. Several marine sponges for removing fluid or blood from cavities and for cleaning internal or external parts. 6. A medium-sized packing-thread needle for sewing up the skin incisions, and some fine string ; pliers and medium-sized copper wire. 7. Cotton-wool and tow. 8. Plaster of Paris. Reagents. Formaldehyde. A solution of 4 per cent, in 8 per cent, normal saline, is the most useful, though 10 per cent, may he required for more rapid penetration when organs of larger hulk are to be fixed. Alcohol, 90 per cent. Glycerine, 50 per cent. Tincture of iodine. Sulphuric acid, 25 per cent. Carbolic acid, 5 per cent.