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. Veterinary post-mortem technic . Fig. 84.—Method of exposing contents of pericardial sac. contaminating the liquid. To determine the quantity placethe right hand in the sac, grasp the apex of the heart andraise that organ upward completely out of the sac (). Have an assistant remove the fluid with a pipette ordip it out with a cup kept for that purpose and place it ina graduate. After one has done this a few times he can 7 98 VETERINARY POST-MORTEM TECHNIC estimate the quantity of fluid present with a fair degiee ofaccuracy without measuring it. After the fluid has been. Fig. 85.—View
. Veterinary post-mortem technic . Fig. 84.—Method of exposing contents of pericardial sac. contaminating the liquid. To determine the quantity placethe right hand in the sac, grasp the apex of the heart andraise that organ upward completely out of the sac (). Have an assistant remove the fluid with a pipette ordip it out with a cup kept for that purpose and place it ina graduate. After one has done this a few times he can 7 98 VETERINARY POST-MORTEM TECHNIC estimate the quantity of fluid present with a fair degiee ofaccuracy without measuring it. After the fluid has been. Fig. 85.—View of thorax after left side has been taken off and left apical lobe turnedback. Line of incision through pericardium. Superior, anterior and inferior lines of incisionfor ablation of heart and lungs. Superior line is through posterior mediastinum, below theaorta from the diaphragm forward to the arch of the aorta, and upward through the this point the left hand is inserted and right apical lobe of the lung drawn out and held,right hand with knife crossed over the left and the incision continued forward a few inchesthrough the anterior mediastinum above the aorta. Maintaining the same position the anteriorincision is made downward and forward through all structures entering the thorax from theneck. The right apical lobe of the lung is released and the inferior incision made through theinferior mediastinum close to the sternum from before to behind. taken out or estimated, allow the hearj; to drop back into itsproper position. INTERNAL EXAMINATION OF THE HORSE 99
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