The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-02
A NEW DISCOVERY.
How the Dead May Be Preserved
Without Embalming.

Up to a week since only one periees
method of presere rs u3Qios as known -
the world of science II WIS oaIY il rar6
cases where attempts were made 20 keep the
remains nicely preserved, and these At
tempts were almoat always defective aad
the result hideou, so that the faces ( orr
beloved dead only vaguely preserved theif
natural features. Embalming at best "a. ia
reality, only vain stimulation, no matter
how much care be taEsu F-nbamlina
merely delays til GIadusd process OF d=-
composition. Antiseptic substance In
jected into the arteries OF the cal srer
DO not prevent tle tiSsuss from sGfts.1-.
ing, while the skip contracts sa.5
Dlackens. In the majority Of instance tho
features OF the dead are so changed B B Tow
months as to be uurecorrizsd Nv the uearsss
relatives. lndeet, - only the boDy ssalee
ton, constituted O. mineral substaura-, Shes
escapes the work obstruction f0r..epen@ 3
reasonable length time. Such enzhsaa,as
bodies are usually consigned to mG-btr gsl G..
"a paSture-held for the nicrobe and p5-Ca-
Gus geTm-for, as II by secret iusungt. re.
one dreams of daring to open the easke,7 IA
which our dead sleep their eternal sieeB-
As regards embalming. we are far ila 5.i-
feriQr of the ancient Egyptians. sa3s tIs
Paris Figaro, bu Z our modern DR.. V1si0i
young hospital pl yseian we'll known iIr IFS
daring and origin Il researches and scientific
experiments, now proposes 10 fCNu .tLlfif4-sS
the undertakers' business. Thanks 20 NaIi-
OTIS method, bodies need he no longer eu
Dalmed, but are now metaiil2et. ti dH.mGF
judge by the sIs1.ggns placed in oar ad =
torlal hands, and which are taken for metal
lie casts of brCnZes by experts Xariobff
work is incomparabiy perfect. His metal
Lied bodies, one tragic head in particular,
with grand forehead, large open eyes aud
finely formed lips equals the most effective
work in artistic bronze we have ever seen,
yHFl,il us-hO no = m cln
an angel in glowing metal of rar15E geld.
There is nothing hoi rible about ne metal
He lsl b9dy fesygRss; RrssryI9 Lhe dead 2 5eI eal
art, and so exact IS -tiIetr reseul 9E-Eee thst
photographs en- relief bring Ou tie -Az CHEST
details of muscular projectioas aud al tho
curves OF real anatomical beluET Il5 very
luster of nails and the sottuass ot skin ersu
seems to be perfectly Preserved. iaes35 Uo-
tallic bodies are extra copies 0E the modern
realistic school Of sculpture SO great Is their
| perfection, and might serve preserved TO
| the nude for oruarnenus for lEs pUreifaa
of Gothic cathedrals. IL Is = bard
matter to make one believe thae such art
istic productions, such magnificent statues
are clnerary urnS and anthr0pomorDGoUS
sepulchers, containing in their interior mo
organic remains of a human being whose
heart once beat with million emotions.
The contact OF passion. beipE that oaee
Dreathed, wept, loved and suffered. 1t is
electricity, that marvellous agent which pro-
OuCSS sucLl eHectSf IL . ti1ab IDif ifacNi0uS HEtn6
that performs this seeming miracle. We
can now metalliIe bodies ike We Plato a
spoon, a medal, piece of jewelry. 2 leaf OK
tree, flower or butterfly. The b0aY 70
be metallized is immersed in 4 chemical
bath, consisting OF soluble salts or copper,
nickel, silver or even gold when one caa
afford il, and the electric current passed
through. Under the influence OF eleetroiy-
sis the salts are deeomposed and the metal
is deposited, layer by layer, on the
surface of the dead body until suf-
icient thickness covers the cada-
ver All the contours of Il body are
thus brought out, and the remains arc oav-
cred from head to foot liz rigid metallic
envelope This is tie fast step in the pro-
cess. In making the anthropopiastc casts,
for that is the name such .mummies are
known by. much care must be taken. Var
lot, int his: investigations and experiments,
had the assistance of sueh sayantRnd me-
chanical expert as DR.. Carpenter q the
School of Histology of the Faculty or
Medicine" The inquirysmav be MADE. how
is the liquid contained in This metallic cast
| removed? how is the escape OF n0x.ous gases
and odors of decomposition prevented?
| Nothing is more simple than the second step
| in the process. The metallic cast which is
a very hard metal, is drilled tui Of small
holes on the posterioc aspect; these per-
forations permit the free discharge OF all
| liquids, yapors and gases ID few months,
| or, if haste is required, the cast ls placed
| iu an oven heated up 10 1000 tahren-
heit When :he contents Of this
metallic effigy. sfa completely incin-
| cred the perforalions can then be
soidered up and replated. ana the Image of
the dead person Is complete and iE Edestr1ctl-
BILE as the ages. In from eight to ten Gays,
at price varying from 800 70 1900 francs
(S60 to 5000, you can have the life-sizs statue
of your mOther-in- W. should she happen to
luckily die, as an OTa8i3- Mt Tor your parlor:
she can be cast IN Flogenline bronze, alter
nature-a eharming sight for any aDpre-
pIlLiV6 man oil tlE q 1e
Assuredly, from q scientific standpoint,
| such as will be realized under irsepFoaeh-
| able hygieDic conditions, the metaitizatloR
| of bodies is the wonder ol the age. Iha
sculptor of the future will end his occnpa-
ton gone, for the D0dids OF great heroes aud
| statesmen may be dupllcatea ron plaster
| casts in all attitudes, while eoGlnenoraliFe
monuments will give the ne. aew aEs all sda tse
matallzed, that / saw the other day II ~.
| Vuriots Office, has calm and bCsutGni
| smile on its face, galvanized il is tGae, bus
| nevertheless beautiful. The modern Cleo
! patras may now smile IN thes last monelbs,
knowing full well that their beauty VIII be
handed down to future gen sre tigns, instead
of perishing in the midu Fht Of the tomb
In nine cases out OF tee, hga yer. authro-
poplasuc art exactly reprodUyes with iis-
passable fidelity the ravAges Of disease.
emaclations and det0rmities The eonyGlsive
movements of death. when 4 comes IN that
form, are all perfectly depicted. The pos
session OF such body Would be IKE a aoI-
rid nightmare, perpetuati0n 0t agony in
metal Finely formed bodies OF dead
| women would be in demand, however, for
| they would serve as ornameAl Tor fountains
! and slatuary for public parks they coald
| be used as caryatides; pegaaps eVsa lno
| artistic !amp-post OF tne future may Ds the
metallzed body of to days sslie preselveu
| in me nude and posed in an attractive posi-
! tion 81 Ra that as IL may, NarIot Today s q
| greater man in Paris than eAiher LOUIS as
fanr or Brown-Seqaard OF juicy msmory'