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

Histology as taught in most professional schools constitutes a one year's course, but for the embalmer this is not entirely necessary and with the short term of schooling now ex...

_Definition._—An acute infectious, non-contagious disease, caused by the bacillus anthracis, and characterized by the formation of a boil with a circumscribed, infiltrated base...

=How to Locate and Inject the Carotid Artery.=—The carotid artery, is not used much, by the average embalmer for several reasons. It is usually a hard artery to raise, partly be...

=Making the First Call.=—There are some pertinent points to consider regarding the procedure at the time the call is received. Many embalmers have some particular rules that gov...

=The Vascular System.=—The vascular system is composed of the organs immediately concerned in the circulation throughout the body of the fluids which convey to the tissues the n...

=The Removal of Blood.=—In November 1882, Prof. J. H. Clarke and Dr. C. M. Lukens, while instructing a class in Philadelphia, in taking up the carotid artery, the internal jugul...

=Cooling of the Body.=—The internal temperature of the healthy living being is about 37 degrees centigrade. But it may be increased several degrees in consequence of disease. Af...

=Cavity Embalming.=—In shipping a body, cavity embalming must always be resorted to and consists of introducing a trocar into the abdominal and thoracic cavities and injecting s...

Regions.—For convenience of description of the viscera, the abdomen is artificially divided into nine regions. Thus if two circular lines are drawn around the body, the one at t...

_Pathology._—Where death is the result of acute alcoholism, the mucous membrane of the gastro-intestinal canal is engorged, injected, and dark red in color, and covered with a s...

The thorax is bounded in front by the sternum and costal cartilages, behind by the twelve dorsal vertebrae and the posterior parts of the ribs, on the sides by the ribs, above b...

=Guanch Embalming.=—The Guanches with the Egyptians are the only nation among whom embalming had become national, and there exists in the process and mode of preservation of bot...

_Definition._—Jaundice is a symptom rather than a disease, and is found in the various affections of the liver. It is characterized by a deposit of bilirubin in the various stru...

=Specific Treatment of Accidents.=—_Broken Neck_, _Hanging_, _Strangulation._—The mode of death may possibly cause a separation or dividing of the blood vessels of the neck. If...

Here facts are almost entirely wanting and the history of the art we are studying, can only be followed in the recitals of historians, to control whose veracity we have no longe...

_Treatment._—Give the body a thorough injection of half strength fluid followed by normal fluid. Drain from the veins. Inject the abdominal cavity. For transportation of these c...

Just as surely as we are born, just so surely must we die, and just as it is the physician's duty to care for the living body, if possible to keep it in a strong and healthful c...

Natural evaporation, the drying action of formaldehyde, freezing the skin, feverish conditions of the body before death, absence of a normal amount of moisture in the skin of th...

=Discolorations.=—Discolorations should be treated as a separate and independent subject because they are causes of great annoyance and embarrassment to the operator, and their...

In regard to the treatment of this subject, it is not our aim to take up all the minute details concerning each bone, all we desire is to explain the form, uses and location of...

_Pathology._—When the gangrene is due to the plugging of one of the large branches of the pulmonary artery, a large part of the lung becomes dark, greenish brown, or a black fet...

Dr. Holmes was authorized by the U. S. Government to prepare the bodies of slain troops, so that they could be transported to their former homes. The practice of embalming for f...

The body itself is divided into the upper and the lower extremities and the trunk. The upper extremities consist of the head and arms. The lower extremities consist of the legs....

=Cranial Evisceration.=—By this term is meant the complete removal of the brain. To do so the scalp is cut from ear to ear, the front part is pulled forward over the nose and th...

=Premature Burial.=—In this enlightened age, with our knowledge of respiration and the circulation of the blood, with our complete mastery of the phenomena of death with scienti...

Treatment of Miscellaneous Cases: Alcoholism 354 Morphinism 356 Plumbism 356 Arsenicism 357 Mercurialism 357 Heat-Stroke 357 Obesity 358 Elephantiasis 359 Drowned Cases 359 Floa...

The central thought of the modern funeral director in the care of the dead and in all the arrangements of the funeral is to remove so far as may be all that is necessarily painf...

Treatment of Special Diseases,—Continued: Diseases of the Circulatory System 318 Pericarditis 318 Hydropericardium 318 Hemopericardium 319 Pneumo-Pericardium 319 Endocarditis 32...

Arterial Embalming: Making the First Call 205 The Position of the Body on the Embalming Board 210 Selection of an Artery 211 How to Raise an Artery 214 How to tell an Artery fro...

Treatment of Special Diseases: Anthrax 285 Cerebro-Spinal Fever 286 Erysipelas 287 Glanders 288 Hydrophobia 289 Relapsing Fever 290 Syphilis 290 Tetanus 292 Actinomycosis 293 De...

Organology,—Continued: The Abdomen 101 The Stomach 103 The Small Intestines 106 Duodenum 107 Jejunum 107 Ileum 108 The Large Intestines 108 Caecum 109 The Colon 111 The Rectum 1...

The Anatomical and Linear Guides for Special Arteries: How to Locate and Inject the Carotid Artery 225 How to Locate and Inject the Axillary Artery 231 How to Locate and Inject...

Histology: Definition 35 A Cell 35 Tissues 37 Skin 37 The Nails 40 The Hair 41 The Fascia 43 The Lymphatics 44 Glands 47 Cartilage 48 Bones 48 Teeth 52 Nerves 53 Muscles 54 Tend...

Organology,—Continued: The Thoracic Cavity 83 Larynx 84 The Trachea 85 The Pleurae 87 The Lungs 88 The Mediastinum 91 The Pericardium (Heart Sac) 92 The Heart 92 The Alimentary...

The Vascular System: The Vascular System 123 The Blood Vascular System 123 The Systemic Circulation 125 The Arterial System 125 The Capillary Circulation 132 The Venous System 1...

Changes in Blood after Death: Cooling of the Body 167 Cadaveric Lividity 168 Putrefactive Changes 169 Skin Slip 175 Rigor Mortis 177 Fermentation and the Production of Gas 179 S...

Osteology: Definition 69 The Skeleton 69 The Spine 71 The Skull 72 The Bones of the Cranium 74 The Bones of the Face 74 The Hyoid Bone 75 The Bones of the Thorax 76 The Bones of...

Embalming from Egyptians down to the Civil War: Jews 15 Persians 16 Babylonians 17 Scythians 17 Ethiopians 17 Romans 17 Greeks 17 Norsemen 18 Hindoos 18 French and Belgians 18 B...

Treatment of Accident Cases: Broken Neck 341 Hanging 341 Strangulation 341 Body Severed 342 The Arm Severed 343 The Leg Severed 344 The Head Severed 344 The Head Crushed 345 The...

The Removal of Blood: The Removal of Blood 264 Right Auricle of Heart.—Direct Method 273 Right Ventricle of Heart.—Direct Method 274 Right Auricle of Heart.—Indirect Method 274...

Cavity Embalming: Cavity Embalming 247 The Cerebral Cavity 247 Purging 249 The Thoracic or Chest Cavity 252 The Abdominal Cavity 254 The Direct Incision 257 Embalming of the Sub...

Treatment of Special Diseases.—Continued: Diseases of the Digestive System 329 Jaundice 329 Cirrhosis of the Liver 333 Carcinoma of the Liver 335 Appendicitis 336 Peritonitis 33...

Discolorations: Discolorations 187 Discolorations Occurring before Death 188 Yellow Jaundice 188 Pigmentary Atrophy 189 Cancerous Spots 190 Gangrene 191 Ecchymosis 191 Wounds 19...