. Veterinary post-mortem technic . ft:^ ^il 24 VETERINARY POST-MORTEM TECHNIC one experiences difficulty in making a straight these positions are unhandy, prevent free arm andshoulder movement, and should not be employed. Littles case knife (Fig. 7) gives excellent service inautopsy work on small animals. Picks myelotome (Fig. 8) is used for severing thespinal cord at right angles when the brain and cord areto be removed Fig. 6.—The pen-hold at the left, and the dagger-hold in the centre are bread cutting position to the right is the proper way to hold a
. Veterinary post-mortem technic . ft:^ ^il 24 VETERINARY POST-MORTEM TECHNIC one experiences difficulty in making a straight these positions are unhandy, prevent free arm andshoulder movement, and should not be employed. Littles case knife (Fig. 7) gives excellent service inautopsy work on small animals. Picks myelotome (Fig. 8) is used for severing thespinal cord at right angles when the brain and cord areto be removed Fig. 6.—The pen-hold at the left, and the dagger-hold in the centre are bread cutting position to the right is the proper way to hold a large knife in doingautopsy work. The thumb may slip a little more to the left side of the knife. VircJwws brain knife (Fig. 9) has a two-edged, roundend, thin, flexible blade and hollow handle. It is used inopening the lateral ventricles of the brain and for incisingthe cerebrum, cord and cerebellum. It should be keptmoist when in use to prevent the brain tissue from stickingto the blade. Dissecting scalpels of various sizes (Fig. 10) may beused for autopsy of small animals, and with a groove direc-tor (Fig. 11) for incising meninges. Incising knives are used in making long incisions in theliver, muscles, lungs, and in opening the kidneys (Fig. 12). Monosmitlis enucleation knife (Fig. 13) is used in POST-MORTEM INSTRUMENTS 25 removing the eyeball. Theblade curves in such manner asto cut the attachments andavoid injury to the sclera. A
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