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Title: Postmortem pathology; a manual of the technic of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom;
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Cattell, Henry W(are), 1862- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Anatomy, Pathological Autopsy
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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n paperover the figure and prepare an outline, which, after being filled inaccording to the exigencies of the case, may be pasted in the notesfor future reference. One may purchase English-made gummed outlinecharts in sheets of the brain and other parts of the body, upon whichmay be sketched in black ink the lesions which it is desired to record.Such drawings without further change may then be sent at once to theengraver for reproduction in order to illustrate matter intended forpublication. 2. Size and Weight.—For tables of weights and measures of thebody, see Chapter XXIV. Whenever possible, it is advisable to givedimensions in centimetres and weight in grammes; if, however,measures and weights are to be used when giving testimony in a courtof justice, it is well to convert them into inches and pounds, ounces,and grains avoirdupois, before going on the witness stand. The size ofan organ naturally depends much on the size and weight of the body. 0 1 2 3 4 5 MILLIMETRES 8 9 10 1 2 3
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POST-MORTEM RECORDS 2^ It should be remembered that a large organ is not necessarily a heavyone. Atrophy and hypertrophy may be present in the same part, as seenin cases of hypertrophic cirrhosis of the liver in which acute yellowatrophy has supervened. As nearly as possible similar conditions shouldbe employed in the preparation of the organs for weighing. Thus,about one inch of the large blood-vessels is usually left attached to theheart previous to weighing and the renal pelvis of the kidney and aportion of the ureter is weighed with the kidney. For determining bulk various means are employed besides actualmeasurement. A number of familiar objects at once suggest them-selves, which may be used for comparison in describing the size of alesion or part. And the importance of thoroughly familiarizing onesself with the dimensions of objects seen daily is illustrated by thefact that most persons have only vague and more or less erroneousnotions concerning the dimensions of many common th

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