POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 
in Fig. 30, having first partly 
or wholly plucked 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 cesophagus, be- 
low or above the crop, as most 
convenient, and also cut 
through the large intestine near 
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