. Postmortem pathology; a manual of the technic of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom;. 5 ? ll > c 13 ?>> *5 in ^•a p CHAPTER VI TECHNIC OF OPENING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND THE TOPOGRAPHICEXAMINATION OF ITS WALLS AND THE PARTS CONTAINED THEREIN Having completed the external examination of the body, all neces-sary instruments are placed in order and within reach upon a boardor tray,1 and the operative part of the autopsy is begun. The operator should stand so that when facing the body the in-cisions from above downward can be made with the greatest e


. Postmortem pathology; a manual of the technic of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom;. 5 ? ll > c 13 ?>> *5 in ^•a p CHAPTER VI TECHNIC OF OPENING THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY AND THE TOPOGRAPHICEXAMINATION OF ITS WALLS AND THE PARTS CONTAINED THEREIN Having completed the external examination of the body, all neces-sary instruments are placed in order and within reach upon a boardor tray,1 and the operative part of the autopsy is begun. The operator should stand so that when facing the body the in-cisions from above downward can be made with the greatest condition is best fulfilled by right-handed operators standing onthe right side of the supine object, and left-handed operators on theleft side. The body should be drawn well to the side of the tablenearest the operator, the head resting on the top of the table and, ifpreferred, the shoulders supported by a block. With the knife held in as nearly a horizontal manner as possible(see page 43), clean, quick incisions (Fig. 55) should be made by asweeping motion of the arm from the interclavicular notch (A) t


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