Category: History - Ancient
It is my object in these instructions to lay before the undertakers of this country a minute and detailed description of the _only reliable_ process, and _best method known_, for the preservation and embalming of the dead, and at the same time to submit to them the important d...
It is my object in these instructions to lay before the undertakers of this country a minute and detailed description of the _only reliable_ process, and _best method known_, fo...
2. CHAPTER II.To handle and preserve an ordinary case in warm weather, when the body is only to be kept one or two days, the undertaker will find my process very much easier than any of the o...
3. CHAPTER III.When the body is to be kept longer, it is best to first empty the stomach of whatever mucous or other substance can be got out of it. This is done easiest by turning the body on...
4. CHAPTER IV.Where the body is badly bloated, when you are first called, it is best, immediately after attending to the stomach (as before instructed) to let off the gas from the cavities of...
5. CHAPTER V.In some cases the appearances of the body under treatment may indicate a want of immediate results from the application of the Preservative as the same case would from any kind...
6. CHAPTER VI.Many of our customers sell large quantities of the Preservative to disinfect sick-rooms. If sprayed around the rooms it will purify and deodorize them in five minutes, thereby a...
7. CHAPTER VII.You will no doubt have customers who will only buy the casket and who will not require your attendance in laying out and caring for their dead, and we would suggest a source of...
8. CHAPTER VIII.If circumstances render it desirable that the body shall be fully embalmed and preserved for an indefinite length of time, the Arterial Circulation should be filled with the Exc...
9. CHAPTER IX.The Carotid Artery lies nearer the surface, midway between the angle of the lower jaw and the top of the collar bone being deeper under the surface at the bottom of the neck. It...
10. CHAPTER X.The course of the Brachial Artery is in a line drawn from the outer side of the armpit to the center of the bend of the elbow, and along the inner edge of the Biceps or largest...
11. CHAPTER XI.The course of the Femoral Artery is in a line drawn from the inner side of the knee upwards to a point midway between the outside of the hip-bone and inside of the thigh (see il...
12. CHAPTER XII.Should you cut or prick your hand or fingers in any way while handling the dead, be sure and apply the Preservative AT ONCE to the wound, as it will insure safety from the inocu...
13. CHAPTER XIII.To those who are acquainted with chemical laws, hardly any discovery seems too strange to be true. Chemical laws and their affinities are truly wonderful, and if we are to produ...
14. CHAPTER XIV.With the aid of this Manual, the enterprising Undertaker will soon find himself master of the situation, and no case, however complicated or obstinate, will be able to baffle hi...
15. CHAPTER XV.It is a well established fact that the capillaries or pores of the skin absorb liquids and many substances when in solution, as well as being channels of excretion of waste matt...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Much can be accomplished in restoring and retaining the natural appearance and color of the exposed portions of a dead body, and decomposition can be retarded for a time by usin...
17. CHAPTER XVII.It is of the greatest importance that the Preservative be kept entirely _free from mixture_ with any other substance, as, owing to the peculiar combination of the chemicals used...