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(4) With a snip of a pair of sterile scissors make 
a little subcutaneous pocket. 
(c) Introduce into this pocket spores and bacteria 
from a pure culture by means of a platinum loop. 
(a) At the autopsy prepare cultures, smears, and 
sections from the organs. 
Fic. 66.—Bacterium anthracis; colony three days old 
upon a gelatin plate ; adhesive preparation ; x 1000 (Fran- 
kel and Pfeiffer), 
(e) Make cover-glass preparations from the blood 
as follows : 
1. Place a small drop of blood between two abso- 
lutely clean cover-glasses, draw them apart and 
allow the smears to dry. 
2. Fix in equal parts of ether and alcohol for 
thirty minutes, or in absolute alcohol five minutes, 
