A manual of necroscopy, or, A guide to the performance of post mortem examinations, with notes on the morbid appearances, and suggestions for medico legal examinations : for the use of practitioners and students / by A.H. Newth.

Date:: 1878

Credit: A manual of necroscopy, or, A guide to the performance of post mortem examinations, with notes on the morbid appearances, and suggestions for medico legal examinations : for the use of practitioners and students / by A.H. Newth. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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$State of the N'atural Orifices.—Eyes, ears, nostrils, mouth (44), anus (61), urethra (86). Look for foreign bodies, signs of wounds, &c., in these. State of the liimbs.—Position; rigor mortis. Size of hands and feet; delicately or coarsely formed, showing signs of handicraft (7). Special marks. Condition of the nails; contents (blood, dirt, grass, &c.) (7). Features.—Kelaxed or contracted; eyelids closed or open; condition of cornea and pupils (10). Mouth (44); contents, position of tongue, state of the teeth. OarefuUy examine the Spine for dislocations, fractures, punctures, &c. (118). Internal Examin-ation. Thorax uncovered (not opened), abdomen opened (13). Amount of fat or its absence on chest and abdomen. Wounds. State and position of the undisturbed abdominal contents (50), peritoneum, mesentery, &c. Foreign bodies; disease (51). Position of the diaphragm. Thorax Opened (13, 32).—Position of thoracic organs. Pericardium (16); mediastinum; pleura {undisturbed). Heart (18).—Shape, appearance, weight. State of coronary vessels. Bulging of am-icles and ventricles ; fat. Cavities.—Clots ; muscular structure ; valves. Vessels.—Aorta, pulmonary artery, vena cava, &c. (26). ]Larynx, Trachea, Bronchi, &,c. (33).—Abnormali- ties, foreign bodies, disease, &c. Iiungs (35, 36).—Pleura—adhesions, conteiits. Right and left limgs—colour, consistence, appearance, weight, &c. Abdomen. Iiiver.—Eorm, weight, consistence (62). Gall blad- der (68). Pancreas. Spleen (69). Kidneys (73).—Right and left; appearance of cortical$