. Veterinary post-mortem technic . Fig. 140.—Equatorial line of in-cision for opening the eye. Stumpof optic nerve and cornea over thepupil used as poles. Fig. 141.^Membrana tympaniand manubrium of malleus aftersplitting the petrous temporalbone. internal ear. The drum and the ossicles may be removedwith forceps, needle, scissors and scalpel (Fig. 141). CHAPTER XIPOST-MORTEM PROTOCOL AND REPORT Definition.—A post-mortem protocol is a detailedwritten description of the post-mortem findings. It may beentered as a permanent record in a book kept for thatpurpose, loose leaf or card index systems,

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. Veterinary post-mortem technic . Fig. 140.—Equatorial line of in-cision for opening the eye. Stumpof optic nerve and cornea over thepupil used as poles. Fig. 141.^Membrana tympaniand manubrium of malleus aftersplitting the petrous temporalbone. internal ear. The drum and the ossicles may be removedwith forceps, needle, scissors and scalpel (Fig. 141). CHAPTER XIPOST-MORTEM PROTOCOL AND REPORT Definition.—A post-mortem protocol is a detailedwritten description of the post-mortem findings. It may beentered as a permanent record in a book kept for thatpurpose, loose leaf or card index systems, or prepared asa communication suitable for mailing. In the latter case itshould be headed as a letter and have the autopsists signa-ture affixed. The protocol should consist of five parts, ,pre-autopsy data, external examination, internal examina-tion, pathologic-anatomical diagnosis and epicrisis. A post-mortem report is a brief extract of a protocoland usually consists only of the pathologic-anatomical diag-nosis and the

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