Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-09-30
THE ART OF EMBALMING.
The Modern Process Inferior TO That
Used in Ancient Egypt.

Two men sat silent in n handsomely
f,rr;shod s,oro ~, /, ,ooa;n, No., Wi,
,,i liis''vu sVoi' o,' a." 'ea,'ins I've" yin
thoroughiare. A small portion oil the
furniture and ornaments pertained to the
living. the remainder to the dead. II
os ~, r,5or,,,.o,,, o,,,,,,;,h,,. ,na
""' an ''i''ei V''Nei o9','o''''''ioi'' anu
the younger ana more solemn person was
a professional embalmer. In answer to
the reporters questions. he said:
Ucon cu,n,,. o,,,t,.I',,;,,,. ,. %
:, Zen LAM o'n','.i''s was WIN VI
the hnest klnd-something 10 be proud oil.
1t was done by the leader of our profess
sion. and with the hest material in tbe
,,,,r,,o, Tho.o 49,, $50, .o,,,,.. !;
ma, Ao'' 'io arc many ."oi 'aa'! vi
rectors VINO know smatterlng oil the art,
put they are unworthy OF the name. Real
empaimers are lew IN number, there not
Delhg more than Ten IN the entlre country.
10 DC one, an unuertaker must nave
sui,icielt knoWieuge Oh surgery, meuiclne
anu chemistry, anu must also nave con-
siderable artistic sense. This makes
rare ~ connpination.
me cnlei element IN empalming con,
slsts IN removing large Portion OF ploon
from tne pody anu substituting there1or
some powerful antiseptic mud. Many ex-
perlme,nts have been made in respect to
these hquius. ! can naruly recall now
many preparations nave been tired
BRINE, saicyhc acld, diluted creosoie, So
lutions OIL sulpnate OF zinc, and the iodide
ana chforide oil that metal. you see, the
iiuid USED must be nearly coiorless, or
else vcrglng on blood color, and must not
cause discoloratlon. This precludes the
use Oh saits oil copper, IRON, manganese,
anu cnrohium' ana also compounds Oh
sulphur.
soiution OF chioriue OIL ENC was at one
tlne IN vogue puo IN several instances IL
produced ghastly oiulsh tlnge, ana SO
went eneireiy OUT Oh lashion. me So
callea bgyptian iiuid was standard pre-
paration lof years. IL was so named by
us nahulacturer, VINO canned that IL
was the same llquiu as was USED III pre-
paring me mummles OIL Egypt. IL was
improved upon, however, by some Amer,
lcan chemists, VINO now nave pracuo.al
monopoly IN supplying empalmers WIN
the oriental fiuid. ana IL is maze In bos-
In empalmlng,, large vein ana large
artery are opened aud small force pump
connected with q Vessel containing the
antlseptic fiuid, is applied. The process
requires from two to four hours. The
natural movement OF the circulation Is
followed: as the mud enters the vessels
tne pioou Is forced OUT. Inc longer the
Time the better the result. a snort time
eNpeis the plooa from only tne larger
vessels; In a longer period the huio
passes from the larger 70 the smaller yes
seis ana INTO the capiiiaries. ms dis-
tends the SKIN ana produces n lte-iike
appearance
Inc cost Oh tne process IL Slo ana up
ward. Empalmlng grows more common
every year: In inc past thirty months
our estapishment mas empaimed apou'
Eoo subjects. we are sun pehlna inc
ancients IN our WORK; In the man,
subject wen treated iasts three years
!: ms ID Iair average. III wouid De large
~ were not lor occas'ohal cases N
Which ta1e an.lsepti ~ llquias seem 10 lose
tne,I eiiiGieIcy. mere ~, however,
,ss,sneu iie ~, IN iy VINO s Gia
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