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useful, as the ordinary wires are apt to become bent. Place 

 pieces of the organs in some preservative fluid for microscopic 

 examination. The organs ought not to be touched with the 

 fingers. When the examination is concluded, the body should 

 have corrosive sublimate or carbolic acid solution poured over it, 

 and be forthwith burned. The dissecting trough and all the 

 instruments ought to be boiled for half an hour. The amount 

 of precaution to be taken will, of course, depend on the character 

 of the bacterium under investigation, but as a general rule every 

 care should be used. 



