Post-mortem examinations in medico-legal and ordinary cases : with special chapters on the legal aspects of post-mortems, and on certificates of death / by J. Jackson Clarke.

  • Clarke, James Jackson.
Date:
1896
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    The eyeballs may be examined after removing the roofs of the orbits by the chisel, cutting through the muscular attachments and the optic nerve, and dividing the globe into two halves by cutting with a sharp scalpel in the transverse meridian. The posterior half of the globe can then be removed, and the condition of the optic disc and the retina ascertained. In cases where there is an appearance of a blue line in the gum, a portion of the latter may be removed for microscopical and micro-chemical examination. It should be remembered that when iron has been taken before death sulphide of iron may collect between the edge of the gum and the teeth, giving rise to an appearance which simulates the blue line of lead-poisoning. In the latter condition the deposit of black lead sulphide is in the connective tissue of the gum, and not on the surface. Bones. — For determining the age, the epiphyses give valuable information. In con- ditions such as septic osteomyelitis, tubercle, rickets, syphilis, and many others, it is ' This is best done by placing the fundus of the eye in water.