2. =Female Pelvis.= The contents of the pelvis and the external genitalia are removed from the female cadaver in the same way as in the male. The anterior wall of the bladder is first freed from the pubis and the tissues separated around and behind the rectum so that the hand can be carried around the vagina and rectum. When the external genitalia are to be removed with the internal organs, an encircling incision is made on both sides of the external genitals, beginning above at the termination of the main incision at the beginning of the anterior commissure, and meeting behind the anus. The external genitals are then dissected away from the arch of the pubis until the knife can be passed up beneath the symphysis and the attachments to the posterior border of the arch cut on both sides, so that the vulva can be pulled up beneath the pelvic arch, putting the perineum on the stretch. The posterior portion of the encircling incision is then deepened until the entire mass of external genitals and anus can be stripped up with the internal organs to the brim of the pelvis, where they are held up perpendicularly and any remaining attachments of peritoneum and blood-vessels cut, care being taken to cut outside of the ovaries and tubes. The mass thus removed is laid on the board with _rectum_ uppermost and the latter opened first. The organs are then turned over, and the _urethra_ and _bladder_ opened in the anterior median line with the probe-pointed shears. The _vagina_ and _uterus_ are then opened in the anterior median line, bisecting the urethra and bladder. A heavy pair of shears having one blunt-pointed blade should be used. If it is desired to save the bladder and urethra, they can be dissected over to the right, or the vaginal wall can be cut on its left side. When the cervical canal will not admit the scissors the _uterus_ may be cut in the median line with a knife. The horns may then be opened with the scissors. Additional cuts may be made into the uterine wall as desired (tumors, placental site, etc.). The _tubes_ may be sounded from the abdominal extremity and then opened for their entire length with the fine probe-pointed shears, or they may be examined by means of transverse cuts. The _ovaries_ are held with their flat surfaces between thumb and index-finger and then sectioned in the plane of greatest dimension from the convex border to the hilus. The _broad ligaments_, _parametrium_, _parovarium_ and _lymphnodes_ are examined by means of cuts made parallel with the sides of the uterus.