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Title: Post-mortem pathology; a manual of post-mortem examinations and the interpretations to be drawn therefrom; a practical treatise for students and practitioners
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Cattell, Henry Ware, 1862-1936. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Anatomy, Pathological Autopsy
Publisher: Philadelphia and London, J. B. Lippincott company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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g just above the inion posteriorly. This line willcross the temporal muscles obliquely, and they and their fascia shouldbe divided with a knife instead of the saw, in order that their edgesmay be accurately approximated for suturing when the skullcap isreplaced. Sawing the skull is no easy task; it may be greatly facilitated bythe employment of an electric or dental engine. For this part of theoperation it is a decided advantage to be ambidextrous. While thesawing is being done with one hand, the head must be steadied withthe other, placed either on the vertex or on the face and protectedby a towel, for the saw is liable to slip, especially when first applied.The scalp, especially of a female, should be protected from sawdustby wrapping towels about it. Proffered assistance should be declined,because, while it is natural to look out for ones own fingers, it isimpossible effectively to guard anothers. The reason I often givefor not accepting aid is that I am reasonably supposed to know
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Fig. I2t.—While the right ear is held back with the left hand an incision is started directly over themastoid process. The remainder of the incision over the vertex will be made from within outward, thusavoiding dulling the knife and cutting the hair.

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