PLATE I. Inspection of thorsLcic contents, (Ex. IV) . 



•TuJe- from, verdxLaiion, -pump. 



TfaaheaZ oannalou. 



Be^^uZa&n^ dlip. 



^^ositiofi/ ofmamiir stend/. 



Position, of r^rii. 



It ■■^''^^x "^-^ ^-^i-*" ~posUion/.\pf xiphoioi hone. 



Fig. I. 1st stage, F, skin flap ; H, end of clamp fixing neck-stump. Fig. 2, and. stage, F. 

 skin-flap; N, needle passed under 4th rib ; dotted black line indicates limits of flap to be formed 

 from chest- wall. Fig. 3. 3rd stage, F, skin flap ; L, lung-lobe; S, pericardial sac; V, sup, ven, 

 cava; broken black line indicates left limit of pericardium. Fig. 4, Cannula for pericardium, 



actual size. Fig. 5. Heart as exposed on opening pericardium. R, r.. ventricle ; L, 1. ventricle; 

 r, r. auricle ; 1, 1, auricle ; p, pulm. art. ; a, aorta ; s, sup, ven. cav. ; i, positiou of inf. ven. cav. 



C.S.S.del. 



