The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-06-17
Unrciiing OF the Mummy at Boston.
The Closing Lecture The Sfgstesy .Dnreilei-Tz,
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THIRD DAY
The closing scene IN tb, & ore,,;n, er ,,,.l
mumfop . saws The Roston Fvs,.,,,. T..l ~
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to-oay. ihe audience was not 50 large as on
Wednesday, sill the house was very well filed.
Tilc mummy was placed IN fsorf OF the stage, en-
closed n, glass ease n, ,,r,ir Y, affrI tIe
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hat,la-es a5 sll h.er r,,i -, - ~ 49,
Was tdsirs ,listfnctv $3.50 +, ,.rss,,ts {, bnv,
ebarreJ attsearance MOI very ,tas,,,,f ID .,siIs
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d1,og \, s,,e h;sc,a M pr',sss ~ rs
were hurried Il, The sand which wa,
with three salta ainm. mira and anatre . sno
stances which, yyouId preserye bodies
He here showed the hand or a female whiel, was
mummied in this city at The Hospital, by the dry.
ing process The nails ard epidermis, wers.
gone. letter was read from Dr. Holmes stating
The facts iu regard 10 This hand and also respecting
the extraction of the brain through 1he nosrii a.
was the custom in fitting subjects for embalmiBg
Dr. IL SAID IN his ieiIef that the operation had
been performed 10 llis city.
Resnnlng = Sir, 'iiiddon SAIL that as eIviiatloH
advanced, these sands Were found lobe bad for
buFials, and the corpses We're often fsinterred by
erocodiles. laekals, etc, When Instruments were
introduced INTO Egypt, the iirst o whleh were COZ
pers the innah'anis Dsgan 10 use them 70 en. ons
setil inass.l' y carry
ll " " th my y .'e'y IN lna't y
-, - - ~ P'io' "a y, , p',u sep'i,t n,s
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nil ,sss III Z ,a,nh Al K,n,, eI,I. ,o,,,,,S Is
vVs, h,,ri. II, osr rl, h., is
I 4 ,, ~, IN, I ~
bnna ana ,;i,5 RI - ,h bas.,
bi ,1s Il, M ~ hJ;s i.l
Al Ialter tmes tie order was changed. and instead
Of these shafts heinp sunk down he rack vvas
penetrated aerally ior some Dis .l,ce iniersectipe
abr sht.a o dawn, ~ M, ba,,,n f Svhics
| were formed other rooms
Mr.. Gliddon here remarked that there were no
| royal mummies extant But one was known to
/ have been found which was in 1922 by some
/ Arabs This one was supposed to have been a
| mu...ny Of the King Of The 18th dynasty. II is
i now in museum IN Europe and the linen, trink-
etss rtrS ore distributed among the museums OF the
old world.
The hrst mnmmles, MI. u said were woqndfH
lnen cloth and then submitted 10 the baking Q
/ aying process NO bllumen was then used
About the Isth century, D. ~ linen came INTO tui
! use. pitnlneh was introduced about me i9'h cen
tuFy, ABOUT tne Time OF the conquest OF the Assy
iidils; tilat me lact OF tn's mummy nasins
oesh eiii9aneq win ptuinen SHOWS tnai y uoe'
.os da'o a'e' l.i sae ion n Us eal.le
epocns, eie eoiins weIs square sney m Weae ~ supse
| quenty changed INTO what was called The " Oslris