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22. The pieces of tape attached to the side of the card-board case
should be brought together on the top of the cover of the card-board case
and sealed in position with the special seal. No knot should be made in
the tape.

A piece of wide newar tape is attached to one end of the inside of
the box near the hinge of the door. When putting the card-board case
into the box, care should be taken that the free end of the newar tape
encircles the case so that by pulling the free end of the tape the card-
board case can be taken out of the box.

24. The serial number of the viscera bottles used (which are etched
into the glass of the bottle and the stopper) should always be quoted in
the letter advising despatch of the parcel.

25. The special seal and the keys of the boxes should be kept
in the personal custody of the Veterinary Assistant, and should never
be allowed to come into the hands of unauthorized persons.

26. In cases of suspected poisoning, portions of the following should
be preserved and sent :—

        (1) Stomach and its contents.
        (2) Liver.
        (3) Intestinate contents.
        (4) Spleen.

Foreign articles found in the rectum should be placed in separate
packages and sealed. In cases of suspected Sui poisoning or in cases
in which death is supposed to have been caused by the introduction of
foreign bodies into the rectum, the injured parts only need be sent, together
with any foreign bodies found. Such foreign bodies should be dried
when practicable and sent without any preservative, as the poisons used
in these cases are likely to be harmed by the action of alcohol.

27. In the event of a viscera bottle being cracked or broken, it
should at once be sent to the Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, who will completely destroy it. A certificate that this has been
done will then be sent to the Chemical Examiner, who thereupon will issue
another bottle in replacement.