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on tubes, a small platinum spud is very useful, as the ordinary 

 wires are apt to become bent. Place pieces of the organs in 

 some preservative fluid for microscopic examination. The organs 

 ought not to be touched with the fingers. When the examination 

 is concluded the body should have corrosive sublimate or carbolic 

 acid solution poured over it, and be forthwith burned. The 

 dissecting trough and all the instruments ought to be boiled for 

 half an hour. The amount of precaution to be taken will, of 

 course, depend on the character of the bacterium under investiga- 

 tion, but as a general rule every care should be used. 



