POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 



in Fig. 30, fiay.ing fi;F3t" .partly; 

 or wholly plubked the bird.' 



2. With a sharp knife cut along 



lines AC, BD (Fig. 30), and 

 bend the breast bone back- 

 wards, exposing the internal 

 organs. (Fig. 31.) As the 

 breast bone is raised 'it will be 

 necessary to cut through the 

 mesentery and other connecting 

 tissues. Break it back at D, 

 cutting through the flesh and 

 the muscle with sharp scissors. 



3. Remove heart, liver, gall-bladder 



and spleen, making neat sever- 

 ances and without injury to 

 any of the other organs. If the 

 heart or large blood vessels be 

 injured in the operation, blood 

 will flow out and interfere with 

 the work. 



4. Cut through the oesophagus, be- 



low or above the crop, as most 

 convenient, and also cut 

 through the large intestine near 

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