Hooper, Robert [Hrsg.]: The Anatomist's Vade-Mecum: Containing The Anatomy, Physiology, Morbid Appearances, &c. Of The Human Body ; The Art of making Anatomical Preparations, &c. To which are added Anatomical, Physiological, Medical, And Surgical Examinations For Students (London, 1811)

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PREPARATIONS WITH MINUTE INJECTION.
BONES.

The vascularity of bones is to be demonstrated, by throwing
fine injection into an extremity, cutting out the bone when
cold, separating it from all the soft parts, immersing it in water
for a few days, to soak out the blood, and then putting it into
a mixture of muriatic acid and water in the proportion of one
ounce to a quart, for three or four months, adding about every
month, a drachm of acid. The limb of a ricketty child is
to be chosen.

Injection. Put a pipe into the largest artery of the extremity,
and throw gradually the red injection into it, fixing the stop-
cock in the pipe.

A FCETUS.

Still-born children, when injected with minute injection,
afford a number of beautiful preparations.

Preparation. No water should be thrown into the vessels.
Fix a pipe with a stop-cock into the umbilical vein, and tie
the arteries in the ligature.

Injection. Red injection is always chosen for this purpose ;
and throw it in with ^reat care, until the abdomen and skin
all over become very tumid. First, mucus comes from the
nose and mouth, then the meconium from the anus, and often
pure size.

Dissection. Cut off the head from the shoulders, the arms
below the shoulde r-joint, and the legs just below the aceta-
bulum ; then preserve a small quantity of the integuments