X CONTENTS. 



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Wetting bottle for 15 per cent, glycerin, waste paper for particles made 



in dissecting 73 



Care of Instruments , 73-74 



Special directions for blow-pipe, tray, forceps, nippers, saw, scissors, scal- 

 pel, and cutting instruments generally 74 



Cases and Trays for Instruments 74 



Packing Instruments for Transportation 75 



Polishing Instruments 75-76 



Sharpening Instruments 76-79 



Honing and stropping 76 



Determination of sharpness 78 



Killing Animals for Dissection 79-81 



Drowning, killing with chloroform or ether in a box 80 



Anaesthetic box 81 



Killing Fieas mth Benzine 80 



Precautions for Cleanliness, Comfort and Health 81-86 



Waste paper, waste pail and waste pit 81-83 



Washing sink 82 



Deodorizers — Animal charcoal, alcohol, potassium permanganas, sul- 

 phate of iron 83 



Malodorous parts to be promptly removed 84 



Dissection Wounds — Precautions and Treatment 85 



CHAPTER II. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SKELETON, ANATOMICAL LANDMARKS 

 AND ABDOMINAL TRANSECTION. 



General Description of the Skeleton 87-95 



Components of the skeleton 87 



Somatic or Axial Parts of the Skeleton 87 



Skull and vertebrje 89 



Costse or ribs, sternum, scapula and clavicl^ 90 



Peltis, Shoulder and Hip Joints, Wrist and Ankle 91 



Membra or Appendicular Parts of the Skeleton 91 



Bones of the limbs 91 



Normal position of the limbs 92 



Position of the arthra or joints in the limbs 93 



Os hy oides and larynx 94 



Anatomical landmarks 95-98 



Mesal Somatic Landmarks 95 



Lateral Somatic Landmarks 96-97 



Menibral Landmarks 97-98 



Abdominal Transection 98-102 



Parts involved . . 99 



Preservation of the Cephalic Half of the Transected Body 101 



Thoracic Transection 102 



