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33. Having completed the preparation of cultures 

 remove small portions of various organs at leisure and 

 place each in separate bottles of fixing fluid for future 

 sectioning. Affix to each bottle a label bearing all 

 necessary details as to its contents. 



34. If necessary, remove portions of the organs for 

 preservation and display as museum speciments (vide 

 page 404). 



35. Gather up all the infected instruments, return 



FIG. 199. Spear-headed platinum spatula (actual size.) 



them to the steriliser, and disinfect by boiling for ten 

 minutes. 



36. Sprinkle dry saw-dust into the exposed body 

 cavities to absorb blood and fluid. Cover the body 

 with blotting or filter paper, moistened with 2 per cent, 

 lysol solution. Place in a galvanised iron pail, provided 

 with a lid, ready for transport to the crematorium. 



37. Cremate the cadaver together with the board 

 upon which it is fixed. 



38. Stain the cover-slip preparations by suitable 

 methods and examine microscopically. 



39. Incubate the cultivations and examine carefully 

 from day to day. 



40. Make full notes of the condition of the various 

 body cavities and of the viscera immediately the 

 autopsy is completed; and add the result of the 

 microscopical and cultural investigation when 

 available. 



As part of the card index system in use in the author's 

 laboratory already referred to (vide page 335) there is a 

 special yellow card for P-M notes. On the face of the 

 card are printed headings for various data some of 

 which are sometimes unintentionally omitted and 

 on the reverse is a schematic figure which can be utilised 



