The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-04-25
Embalmlng A Body.
Charlotte News.

Embalmlng A Body.
Charlotte Negs.
The shades were drawn at undertaking
establishmentofE. E. N. Andrews & Co., last
night, but the Mc,os reporter, who press
ed the electric button, was promptly adj
mitted, and Was escorted to the embalm-
ing room, where body was being pre-.
pared for shipment to the North. The
body was that of Mr.. William ]. Oonlin,
who resided at No. 95 East 111th street,
Harlem, N. Y, and who died on the cars
while on the return Ito his home. He
was q young man, % years of age, and
visited Aiken in the hope of prolonging
his life. Consumption had firm grasp
upon him, however, and the balmy air of
Aiken MAS of no avail. His mother Vas
with him there, and finding that there
was no hope for him, she started yester-
day morning on the return trip with her
boy, hoping to get him home to die. In
this she was disappointed. Just as the
train reached Blackstock's, the young
man expired in his berth in the
sleeper. Mr.. A. l.. Smith, the depot
agent, here was notified by telegraph, and
an undertaken met the body 1.-THE depot.
The body was taken from the sleeper and
removed to Andrews undertaking estab.
lishment, where it was embalmed. Mrs.
Conlin went en- to Washington City,
where she will await the arrival of the
body and accompany it Sfrom there to
Harlem. The body vas shipped on the
Eve o'clock train this morning.
As the reporter entered the embalming
room, Mr., John Harry Vas just in the
act Of completing the embalming opera
tion. The process is exactly the same as
that used in the case Of President Gar
field, and is very simple, but effective.
A long, sharp needle is first thrust into
the lungs, and through the perforations
thus made the embalming fluid is forced
into the cavity by an air.pump. This
fills the lungs and the abdominal cavity.
The left arm is then stretched out and the
wrist secured by rubber band, to hold
itin firm position, when slot, about
/
two.inches in length, is cut just under
the muscles. The big vein is then caught
up and cut in two, the point of the 81.
ringe is inserted, aud the vein, over the
syringe, is tightly wrapped with thread.
The emhalming fluid is then forced
through this vein to all parts Of the body.
From one to two gallons Of the Huid are
generally required fora corpse. In the
operation last nighta gallon and half
of the fluid was injected before the press,
ure on the pump showed that all the
arteries were full. It should have been
stated at another place that, previous to
injecting; the embalmipg huid, all the
blood is drawn from the veins by sue.
tion.pump. Less than q teaspoonful mas
drawn from the body of MIR. Conlin.
When he died there WAS scarcely enough
blood ia his body to stain 8 bucket Of
water. After the injection through the
vein in the left arm, nasal injection was
administered, and the process Of embalm-
ing was completed. The artery in the
arm was sewed up, the corpse was dressed
for the coffin. The coffin was boxed up
and labeled, and au express wagon bore
tito the depot.
This embalming process is compare
lively recent thing, and the efficiency
which has been attained By the Char.
lotte professionals in the art is something
wonderful. A few months ago corpse
that was embalmed here VAS sent to q
distant Western State, and was two weeks
reaching its destination. The relatives
wrote back to the Charlotte undertaken
that the corpse was perfectly we'll pre-.
served, and appeared almost as natural
as life. The fluid injected through the
Veins tends to arrest decay, and preserves
the corpse for an indefinite time. The
cost for embalming body varies accord
ing to circumstances, but ranges from
$40 1925. Those who once see the
operation performed are perfectly willing
to testify that the charges are low enough
for the work. It requires about two
hours timet to embalm o corpse. The
process described not only preserves the
body, but gives it an appearance almost
life like.