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100	1		_aThomas, A. R. _q(Amos Russell), _d1826-1895
245	1	2	_aA practical guide for making post-mortem examinations
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2025
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2025-09-26
508			_aRichard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520			_aA practical guide for making post-mortem examinations : and for the study of… by A. R. Thomas is a medical manual written in the late 19th century. It provides step-by-step instruction for autopsies and the study of morbid anatomy, including medico-legal procedures, embalming, and specimen preservation. Aimed at practitioners and students, it stresses accurate, methodical examination of the head, chest, abdomen, and spine to support sound diagnosis and prognosis. The opening of the manual states its purpose: to fill a practical gap by teaching physicians how to conduct post-mortems, what to look for, and how to recognize morbid changes. An introduction argues for the clinical and scientific importance of pathology and autopsy—both to refine diagnosis and prognosis and to serve medico-legal needs—followed by clear advice on instruments, room setup, hygiene precautions, timing, note-taking, and obtaining family consent. The preliminary chapter inventories a post-mortem kit and gives pragmatic guidance on protecting surroundings and oneself, then Part I begins with detailed operative procedures for opening the skull, examining the brain and base, removing the ear and eye for inspection, and exposing the spinal cord with minimal disfigurement. Early pathology sections survey skull injuries (including contre-coup fractures), bone disease, meningeal inflammation and effusions, and intracranial hemorrhage, supplemented by brief case vignettes of apoplexy and cerebral congestion. The text then sketches key brain diseases—cerebritis, softening, abscess, induration, hypertrophy, atrophy—common tumors and deposits, vascular obstruction and arterial degeneration, and parallel lesions of the spinal cord and its membranes. It closes this opening portion by initiating the neck and chest operation, describing en bloc removal and inspection of the tongue, larynx, trachea, and esophagus before turning to the thoracic cavity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cNew York: Boericke & Tafel, 1873
653			_aAutopsy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
653			_aAnatomy, Pathological
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/makingpostmodern00thomrich
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76936
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