The time required for an autopsy varies with the conditions of the individual case. A complete and well-performed autopsy under ordinary circumstances requires at least one hour, usually an hour and a half. It is true that all the organs can be removed from the body in a much shorter time, but the removal and inspection require at least the time given above, if properly done. Some cases present great difficulties and may require 4-12 hours for a satisfactory and complete examination. For a medicolegal examination 2-3 hours is usually necessary. No prosector should make more than two autopsies in one day, and, if he is making them every day, one daily is quite sufficient. The intellectual and nervous energy required for a good autopsy is so great that it is impossible for anyone to do justice to a large number made in quick succession. In many German laboratories this fact is recognized and the autopsies are assigned proportionately to members of the pathologic staff. At the close of the autopsy the cadaver must be thoroughly cleaned and restored, as far as possible, to its natural appearance. Directions for the restoration and closure of the autopsied body will be given in a later chapter. CHAPTER II. THE ORDER OF THE AUTOPSY. =ORDER OF THE AUTOPSY.= In so complicated a piece of work as the complete autopsy it is absolutely necessary that a definite order of procedure be followed at every autopsy, altered when necessary to suit the requirements of individual cases. In medicolegal examinations a definite autopsy order should be prescribed by law. For the average case, in fact for nearly every autopsy, I believe the following order, as given in my protocol book, to be the best one. It is based upon topographic and anatomic relationships, preservation of blood-content, ease and convenience of method, etc. As the protocol should follow this order, it is given here in full. Autopsy-Protocol No. 1. Name: 2. Sex: 3. Age: 4. Nationality: 5. Status: 6. Occupation: 7. Day and Hour of Death: 8. Time of Autopsy: Clinical Diagnosis: Pathologic Diagnosis: _Prosector:_ A. External Examination. General.