. Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS H corpse should be weighed as soon as it is brought into the dead-house, as it will usually be found to lose weight after a time. Eachbox should have two doors, one opening into the post-mortem room,and the other into a waiting-room on the opposite side, through whichthe body may be viewed by friends and removed by the arrangement prevents the transmission of noises and odors. Thewaiting-room oug
. Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS H corpse should be weighed as soon as it is brought into the dead-house, as it will usually be found to lose weight after a time. Eachbox should have two doors, one opening into the post-mortem room,and the other into a waiting-room on the opposite side, through whichthe body may be viewed by friends and removed by the arrangement prevents the transmission of noises and odors. Thewaiting-room ought also to be such that religious services may beheld in it, if desired. The operating table should be strongly built, about seven feet long,two feet nine inches high, and three feet six inches wide. The topmay be slate, soapstone, zinc, or copper; its surface should slope gentlytowards a central perforated depression connected with a drain and aventilating shaft operated by an electric fan, and should be providedwith sunken grooves converging towards the centre. (Figs. 9 and10.) The drains of the post-mortem room should not connect withthose of the hospi
Size: 1683px × 1485px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectanatomypathological
