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which should be filed down to the required form and size. The needle 
may then be shortened at the other end and set in a handle when It's 
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rated by inserting between them a pair of elastic dissecting forceps and 
permitting the blades to expand apart. The viscera can then be scooped 
out by aid of the hasp of an ivory-handled scalpel gently carried from 
the thorax, backwards—taking care not to stain, mutilate or discolor 
the integuments. Pulverized arsenic (arsenious acid) should then be 
applied liberally to the internal surfaces. The handle of a scalpel also 
answers the purpose of a spatula for this operation. ste 
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