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This Autopsy Manual has been prepared at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology. This revised Autopsy Manual provides the prosecutor with ready and concise criteria on postmortem procedures and examinations. Its publication is presented as aguiding directive toward uniformity in the selected techniques and objectives of an autopsy. It contains new information concerning cryogenic analysis, electron microscopy, examination of the oral cavity and postmortem chemistry. Many of the sections have been extensively revised to update and clarify the material. Though this manual is issued primarily to meet the requirements of the Armed Forces and other Federal agencies, its value could well extend into civilian laboratories and civilian medicine.