Anatomy and Embalming: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this SubjectNunnamaker, Albert John
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Anatomy and Embalming: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject
Nunnamaker, Albert John
Embalming
The hollow needle trocar is to be used for the rough work, so called.
Inserting the trocar into the center of the popliteal space it can be
pushed through the tissues of the foreleg, and fluid injected; then
reversing, push the trocar through the tissues of the leg proper,
and inject fluid. Inserting the trocar into the center of the bend of
the elbow it can be pushed into the tissues of the forearm, and fluid
injected; then reversing, push the trocar through the tissues of the
arm proper and inject fluid. Turn the body over so as to trocar the
back. Insert the trocar above the sacrum bone in the middle line of
the back, and push the trocar through the fleshy parts of the gluteal
regions, and inject fluid. Again insert the trocar in the middle line
of the back between the two scapulae bones, and inject fluid into the
region of the shoulders and the small of the back.
After each puncture, before the trocar is removed a circular stitch
should be thrown around the trocar and when the trocar is removed draw
the puncture shut, the circular stitch acting as a draw string.
A large amount of fluid may be injected in this manner, it being
possible to inject several gallons into a body of average size. The
fluid transudes through the tissues very readily filling them up
completely, but of course, not as certainly as if the fluid were
injected arterially. It is an easy matter to inject from two to three
gallons of fluid into the soft tissues on the outside of the skeleton
of a body weighing from 130 to 140 pounds.
This procedure is only to be used if it is impossible to inject
the body by the ordinary arterial embalming. The cavity work in the
cerebro-spinal, the thoracic, and the abdominal cavity, should be done
first, and then follow with this subcutaneous tissue outside the bony
framework.
This procedure may be used in dropsical cases and in certain cases,
where for some reason the fluid does not reach a certain part, or where
a certain part is not completely supplied with fluid, by the arterial
injection.
The hypodermic needle is to be used for the more delicate work, such
as the hands and the face. Insert the needle at the wrist and direct it
into the palm of the hand, inject a very small quantity of fluid; then
into the back of the hand and inject a small quantity of fluid.
To reach the tissues of the face insert the needle into the muscles and
tissues of the face from the inside of the mouth. The region about the
temple can be reached by inserting the needle into the tissues in the
hair line, which will hide the puncture.
With the use of the hypodermic needle fluid can be placed in contact
with all the tissues of the hands and face, and the cosmetic effect
will be almost perfect if the operator is careful as to the amount he
injects, and is careful to see that, the fluid is equally distributed
throughout the part.
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