The Worcester spy., 1898-11-20
NoLonggerH Has
Death.
AN IMMORTALITY
For Human Body Through
New Preserving Process.

Scientists and physicians Haga s-2d-
denly discovered Signor TGsto Alui:.li,
of Naples, himself a wond:.i :; di-cev-
erer, the fruits of whose labor, Nj
though reaped years ago by lev, have
been unknown to the public until now.
Marini has found out the way to
make the human body immortal-not
the live body, but the body after the
soul has flown. His process preserves
it, it is believed, for thousands of years
and during that period it undergoes no
change in appearance or in its tissues.
To all intents and purposes the dead
| is in precisely the same condition as he
was in one second after death. All that
is lacking is the vital spark to enable
him TO get up and resume life where he
left off
His modus operandi consists of three
stages.
/. Provisional desiccation preserva-
tion applied the corfum in its transi-
ton period). Bodies so prepared and
immersed in a liquid of his own devls
ing may regain their primary freshness
and be thereafter subjected to anato-
mical operations or demonstrations like
the ordinary cadavera of the dissect-
ing room.
2 Petriication Of the body so pre-
pared-a process which, in DR. Marini S
hands, is so effective that the density
as we'll as the consistency of marble is
attained, insomuch that a few hours
after the completion of this stage a key
brought in sharp contact with the sur
face elicits a true metallic ring from
the body
3. The restoration to this desiccated
and petTified subject of the freshness.
the softness, the fexibihty and even
the complexion of the natural state,
the bodies so treated come from DR.,
Marini's hands as if asleep, or in a
condition of temporarily suspended ami
nation
OF the three processes invented by
Marini the -olost interesting is that
which preserves the body in an APP
parently life-like condition. The other
two processes. first, turn the body into
stone or "marbleize it, as it has been
called, and the second keeps it in a
cartilaginous dry state, from Which,
however, it can be turned back into
the life-lilIe condition by Marinis
| methods.
This man robs death of one of its
worst terroTs. In treating a dead body
he is no longer a scientist but an artist
| His marvellous touch makes death a
serene repose. which preserves all the
| graces, all the beauty of life.
Il shall never forget" writes Sig.
Ferrara the intimate friend of the IN
| Ventor Of this process. the beautiful
| picture made by a little girl put 20
sleep (eXcuse the eXpression) by Mari
nj. Frail and pale, with her brown
ringlets clustering over her forehead,
her childish freshness preserved. little
| Marie-Which was the name of the ba-
| by-seems still, after so many years, to
! be nesting in the gilded dreams of
cherubin Of the same age. She is in
one of those naive poses which babies
take during their sleep,
MANY other dead people sleep peace
| ably in the joyous splendor of POggio-
reale, the cemetery of Naples, en-
balmed in the same way. There is Nine
| SaZZaro Cipriani, whose body at this
moment has the look Of an anaemc
dreaming. 1t was not embamed by NJ
Marini until twenty days after her
death"
Bodies embalmed in this fashion have
nothing about them suggestive Of
! death. The first impression one has on
/ seeing one is that something magical
| and superhuman has occurred. This
one of the three processes is that Of
| which Marini is most proud
His process keeps the bodies perma-
nently fresh. sweet and supple. There
/ is no trace of the rigidity of death.
They look as if they had been hypno-
tized or were asleep. One expects them
to move at any moment.
When you lift the hand of Marin
/ ised" person and hold it against the
! light it is seen to be Of a transparent
/ pink. In the case of a woman all the
delicate tints are there, changing in
| depth until the nails are reached. The
/ skin has the SOftness of that of a little
child, and instead of suggesting a
deathbed or d tomb the human clay
aWakes feelings of sympathy.
| Sig. Ferrara says that in looking at
the foot Of a woman that has been
| Marinised' he saw that it had the
whiteness of marble. Instead of think
| ing of the grave his thoughts dWelt up
| on its beauty, and he wondered how
i,often that foot had Whirled sn the
rhythmic waltz and how many men had
/ admired the ankle when they saw it
! peeping out of dainty shoe.
/ The value of the application of what
may be termed the "life-like" process
is evident in medical jurisprudence.
| Bodies that are not identified may be
preserved indefinitely. In case Of a
! murder the corpse of the victim might
be produced in court months after
death to show the nature of the wounds.
In Marini's collection he has heart
pierced by a dagger, which looks as
fresh as the day on which it beat for
the last time. 1t is in such a condition
that it might be handed to the jury in a
/ murder trial for their examination
! The second process of Marini IS that
of petrifaction. He changes a human
body to the consistency of marble-even
the softest portions of the flesh. even
the blood.
! Perhaps the most remarkable achieve
ment Of DR.. Marini in 'marbleizing" a
human body was when he petrified Car
dinal Guillaume Sanfelice in the short
space Of four days
As he was during his life so is the
cardinal in his death. The face reminds
one. by it's serene sweetness, of the
mystic faces which Fra Angelica, had
the secret of depicting. 1t PRESERVES
stil the benign smile which made it so
dear to the Neapolitans, when, bend
ing his handsome forehead with gen
tie air he raised his hand to bless
them. The expression has something
about it spiritual ethereal, which gives
to the person Of The late cardinal the
simple, pure look which makes one
think that the dead priest was worn
out with works OF piet5. which his
ardent love fni' hUntanitv mnde hir1
accomplish. but still smiling, despite it.
WITH 9 holy peace.
The preservation of the cardinal sug-
gests that other great men may by the
Marini process be handed down to poeA
terity. The process seems to make the
work of sculptor unnecessary. We can
keep heroes not in stone, but in flesh.
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