Where a bone has been properly macerated and dried, and especially if from a young subject, it will be found white and quite free from grease; but when taken from old subjects, or when prepared by boiling, it may be required to be subjected to a bleaching process for removing the grease and improving the color. By exposure to the sun, with frequent washing in chlorine and soda water, the appearance of the specimen may be greatly improved, or what is still better, by covering the specimen for a few days in sulphuric ether, which will effectually dissolve out all the grease, and then washing and exposing to the sun for a few days, it will be left beautifully white and clean. For permanent preservation, the specimen should finally be mounted on a block or board, in such a manner as best to expose its interesting points. INDEX. PAGE Abdomen, method of opening, 127 Abdominal dropsy, 135 Alcohol, poisoning by, 299 Anatomical syringe, 323 Anus, diseases of, 157 fistula of, 157 hæmorrhoids, 159 ulcer in, 157 Aorta. (See _Arteries_.) Apoplexy, cerebral, 41 pulmonary, 115 Arachnoid, examination of, 38 Arsenic, poisoning by, 297 Arthritis, chronic rheumatic, 271 scrofulous, 271 Arteries, aneurism of, 99 calcification of, 99 examination of, 98 fatty degeneration of, 99 inflammation of, 98 ossification of, 99 rupture of, 102 Arteries, cerebral. atheromatous degeneration of, 60 calcification of, 60 obstruction of, 59 position of clot in obstruction of, 59 Atresia ani, 149 urethræ, 212 Autopsy, medico-legal, method of conducting, 304 Biliary calculi, 188 effects of, 190 position of, 189 Bladder, gall-. (See _Gall-bladder_.) Bladder, urinary. contraction of, 210 catarrh of, 210 cancer of, 211 dilatation of, 209 examination of, 208 hypertrophy of, 209 inflammation of, 210 malformations of, 208 parasites in, 212 removal of, 131 tubercles in, 211 tumors in, 211 Bones, abscess of, 259 cancer of, 266 caries of, 260 examination of, 259 inflammation of, 259 morbid growths in, 263 necrosis of, 260 rickets in, 261 suppuration of, 259 tumors in, 263 tubercles in, 265 Brain, appearance of, in health, 48 abscess of, 50 atrophy of, 53 blood cysts in, 59 calcareous deposits in, 56 examination of, 29 hardening of, 51 hypertrophy of, 52 hydatids in, 57 inflammation of, 47 membranes of, 36 removal of, 29 softening of, 48 tumors of, 54 Bright’s disease, 197 cirrhotic or contracting form, 201 inflammatory form, 197 waxy or amyloid form, 200 Bronchial tubes, dilatation of, 125 examination of, 106, 122 inflammation of, 123 narrowing of, 124 obliteration of, 124 Bronchitis, 123 Buccal cavity, examination of, 65 Burning, ante-mortem distinguished from post-mortem, 318