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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6. The pia mater, separated from the convolutions of th*
bra*), to exhibit the intergyral processes and the tomentum
ttrebri.

7. One half of the nostrils, to exhibit the vascularity of
Schneider's membrane, and that of the membrane lining the
antrum of Highmore.

8. The tongue, lying in the jaw, and suspended by the pala-
him molle, with the posterior fauces cut away, to shew the
epiglottis and glottis, the uvula and velum pendulum palati, the
tongue, its papillae and excretory ducts, and the vascularity
of the gums and sublingual glands.

Preservation. The above preparations are to be soaked
well in cold water, to get out all the blood, and then pre-
served in proof spirit.

PREPARATIONS WITH QUICKSILVER.

Mercury cannot be coloured by any substances; it musfr>
therefore, always present the same silver colour.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.

1. The parts should always be injected in a proper tray,
made similar to the wood-cut at the beginning of this section,
that the mercury may be easily collected.

2. A lancet, with a curved needle ready threaded, should
be always at hand ; and likewise,

3. A bottle, whose neck is not so wide as to permit the
quicksilver tube going to the bottom, when put into it.

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