4 ANATOMY OF THE RABBIT 



A solution which will retard dessication of exposed surfaces 

 of the rabbit and relieve the tingUng sensation in the dissector's 

 fingers, due to phenol in the embalming fluid, is made as follows: 



Water, preferably distilled 600 ml. 



Gum tragacanth 35 gni- 



Let soak about twelve hours in a half-gallon fruit jar, and then 

 add, stirring well, 



Glycerin 400 ml. 



Ethyl alcohol 500 ml. 



Oil of cloves o . s ml. 



Water, to fill the jar 



This much stock solution will make about two gallons, when 

 diluted with water, and should last a class of fifteen students an 

 entire semester. 



Directions for injecting the arteries and veins and for pre- 

 serving fresh laboratory material may be found in Stromsten's 

 book, pp. 9-16. 



Bones may be cleaned for laboratory use by removing most of 

 the flesh and then boiling them in a solution of 150 grammes of 

 '' Gold Dust" washing powder in seven liters of water until the 

 flesh can be brushed off, as directed by Stromsten, p. 15. Fresh 

 material is best. However, good representative bones may be 

 salvaged from dissected material at the end of the semester. 

 Such bones require more cooking than those from fresh material . 

 Only old rabbits with well ossified bones should be selected for 

 skeletal material for general class use. 



