POST-MORTEM EXAMINATIONS 
the cloaca. Without discon- 
necting the parts, lift out the 
gizzard, intestines, and other 
portions of the alimentary 
canal, carefully tearing away 
the membranous tissues of the 
mesentery. 
5. Spread the organs out and ex- 
amine each one carefully and 
critically, making sections if 
necessary. (Fig. 32.) 
6. Cut open gullet, crop, stomach, 
gizzard, intestines, and ceca 
and examine the contents. 
7. Examine the lungs, cutting off a 
portion and throwing it into 
water, when it will float if 
healthy, but sink if congested. 
8. Cut through the skin of the neck. 
Sever the windpipe near the 
head, and also where the bron- 
chi enter the lungs. With 
scissors.cut it open, and examine 
for molds or gapes or for ex- 
udates indicative of various 
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