. Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners. TECHNIC OF EXPOSING THE THORACIC CAVITY IQ3 ent, sever all the normal attachments as near their point of passagethrough the pericardium as possible, and in the following order,—viz.,the inferior vena cava, the superior vena cava, the pulmonary artery,the aorta, and lastly the pulmonary veins. Avoid injury to the oesopha-gus during the removal of the heart from the body. Or, the heartis drawn outward preparatory to severing the vessels
. Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners. TECHNIC OF EXPOSING THE THORACIC CAVITY IQ3 ent, sever all the normal attachments as near their point of passagethrough the pericardium as possible, and in the following order,—viz.,the inferior vena cava, the superior vena cava, the pulmonary artery,the aorta, and lastly the pulmonary veins. Avoid injury to the oesopha-gus during the removal of the heart from the body. Or, the heartis drawn outward preparatory to severing the vessels, as may be soonillustrated in Fig. 76. Measuring and Testing the Valves.—Immediately upon the re-moval of the heart from the body, the blood and clots should be care-fully removed from about the valves. The valvular openings are thento be measured. Their size is usually estimated by the number ofringers that the ostium will admit. Normally the mitral ostium willadmit the index and middle finger, whereas through the tricuspid open-ing the index and middle finger of one hand and the index-finger of theother hand can be introduced. This method is, of co
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