Arizona republican., 1893-07-06
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How Ns6faI Students Obtain Means for ln,trlgdOn in the Science of Anat- oRy- Some Facts About
 Ghoulish Business.

1 Er 0me time past medical students Ei erturers have found it more cliff L' ,lan usual to obtain skeletons ls iemand so far exceeds the supply L, dealers find it almost impossible Dl their customers orders. Secret aet.es too, are suffering inconven- Le. according to the New York s1l. for they cannot obtain the skulls li temurs or thighbones which they | l~ in their initiation ceremonies. 1t Sa strange fact that in this country, 7Aere our surgeons and physicians are Seagcr toadvance medical knowledge h those of any nation in the world, -er are handicapped, as far as the ones of the body are concerned, by ' he authorities. While the supply of o1IeS for the dissecting-roOms is not nP.c, yet it is sufficient to keep the Students busy. But beyond the hos aI people the body must not go. Its -nal disposition must be accounted for. 1at final disposition must not be the 4eeton bleachery. Of course bones 'al skulls will find their way to the aaentS' rooms, and there are few doc 1S who do not preserve skull as a sniniscence of the days spent among N'fts' The simplest operation of aeaning covered bones is to macerate le flesh and then subject the part to polling. After the flesh has been 'oaght to a consistency almost equiv Lsnt to jelly it is scraped and picked 1 The bone or skull is then treated SAa a solution of peroxide of hydro s'a' which removes any remaining 'sase CT particles and leaves the bone i'te clean.
 hsprinkled with water and exposed the action of the sun, some degree
 "hIteness may be obtained; but to oain really exquisitely prepared ,O"eS You have to use those which are IPrted. France and Germany take p,s lead, the finest work coming from arN where three houses are engaged 1',uNIyeiy in this line of business, ex- IS,uhg their goods all over the world.
 NleNe two countries no obstruction ysOItS from restrictions as to the sup |! oi bodies, as both the French and '"ah governments contribute in this
 d means of advancing medical \, ,'"ce It is this mutual desire on Part Of the practitioners and au- M, ,,,'ues Of these countries to acquire ..g g.'lon, as near as may be, that ss5, to such emlnence Tn pharmacy, p,s .'V'he and surgery in their litera- s,t ana experiments. All bodies fur Sr, ravu to the bleacheries must be ac- I'ed Tor on the records of the hos Has aImshouses and asylums, and ,| 'he skeleton is disposed of it is
 rJIulpanied by a card giving all par
 ''a'S as to birthplace, date of birth, s,. ana cause of death and such other .,,i aS Will furnish a means of identi- &aS as to the man or woman or hD {, %no ,.. gave animation to the skele- acnt 4 He, ne A story is told by prom fty uptown skeleton dealer in this
 5o,, re'ard to this, which goes to h wbiaS It is a small world after all Vas in t we live. When this dealer hen r,., ouSlness down town one of the lot Of si.S Ia at work one day unpacking a A crI eietons which had just come 'hrouSb' . pt horror suddenly resounded psaion"" .ne room. His startled com
 iound on investigation that