Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-17
FOR THEM A FEAST.
The Six Months Cadaver Before
the Undertakes.
DEMONSTRATION OF EMBALMHe

A Spectacle which to the Inexperienced
Caused the Calls to Crsep-I. r. Nor
tons Sensational Allegations ~ to Cor
rupt Observation-Disclosures Of Omcers.
To witness Prof. Hohenschuh's
demonstration of srterial embalming
on corpse of six months at the un-
dertakers' convention in the Y. NJ. C..
A. auditorium yesterday would have
given the average person . mixture
Ut creeps and horrors. When the
subject, wrapped in an ordinary cof-
fee sack, was removed from the cof-
fin, Topped down on an elevated
BOARD and the covering taken from
it, the corpse-doctors mildly ex-
claimed: don't he look WE'LL"
Eyes, he does" answered tho pro-
fessor, adjusting his apron prepara-
tory to commencing operations, ''for
one who passed in his checks about
six months ago. This fellow was
shot by an officer in a northern Iowa
town while attempting to elude ar
rest. As l suppose you all under
stand, l secured the body at the Iowa
university, where they have about so
more"
On the coffin lid the name of the
unfortunate was given as that Of
Frank Wagner. According to the
professor, when the college authori'
ties get hold of a corpse they first
embalm it and then store it away on
ice. keeping it thoroughly frozen un-
til such time as required by the stu
dents for the dissecting table. Wag-
ncr's remains had not fully thawed
out when removed from the casket.
The features, those of a young man
of probably rs years, were slightly
discolored. but the remainder of the
body was exceedingly well preserved.
excepting the hands, which were be-
ginning to mummify. Little did Frank
Wagner anticipate II months ago
that his extinct carcass would be
stretched out in Rock Island as an
experiment for undertakers. But
the men who have the last shake at
all of us must practice on someone in
order to keep up our appearances
when we are shuffied off, and the
bodies of criminals and disowned
persons are invariably used for these
purposes.
Tapping the Circulation.
Standing over the corpse as un-
concernedly as butcher behind the
chopping block, Prof. Hohen schuh
illustrated how to successfully drain
the system of it's circulation to in
sure proper preservation of the
body, which is afterward injected
with embalming fluids. Prior to
employing the subject a demonstra-
tion of the professors embalming
theories were given on the black
board TO show the interior location
of the organs to be operated upon
with reference to the outer surface.
Then with the assistance Of the body
these explanations were carried into
reality. In probing the body the
demonstrator would occasionally re-
mark: kind of hard to find it.
Listen at me striking that ice in
there-that interferes." But this
didn't seem horrifying to the under
takers. 1t was right in their line.
But to one unacquainted with these
CHASTITY details of the dead art
wow! The professor then sliced
open different portions of the body
to show the location of the veins.
And the corpse was folded up in the
sack, sealed up and shipped back to
Iowa City. The undertakers were
much pleased with the demonstra-
tions and claimed to have learned
many valuable pointers. Two Ia
dies, wives of undertakers, wit
messed the operation.