The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-23
THE CERTIFICATE PLAN
Colorado System of Permits Is a
Model One.
WORK FOR ITS ADOPTION
Funeral Directors Listen to Interesting
Addresses by Professor Hohensctuh
and DR.. Observation-Disclosures En-
Joy Stag Party.

sCion ana also very interesting al
dress by DR.. J. ]. Buckley, member
of the state board of health. DR.. Buck
ley, during his remarks, spoke of the
good that would result from this meet
ing, and was glad to see the undertake
ers trying to increase the membership
of their organization.
This evening the members enjoyed a
stag party at the residence of j. M.
Lucy. Light refreshments were served,
during which several addresses were
made and number of songs We're sung.
Professor Hohenschuh acted as toast
master and a better one is lard to find
The evening will long be remembered
by those fortunate enough to be pres
ent. A more jolly crowd than the I'M
dertakers never met in the city of Mis-
SOula.
The Colorado system of permits,
which the association is seeking to
nave put into effect in this part of the
country, is said to be the most perfect
that is in existence. 1t includes burial
permits, physicians certificates, beard
of health certificates and undertakers'
certificates, and no undertaken is au-
thoriZed to issue these certificates who
has not passed a satisfactory eXamina-
ton and who does not hold an en-
balmers permit. No railway company
is allowed to transport a corpse in the
state unless the necessary permits
have been issued. These are arranged
upon blank form that is provided for
| the purpose, and in addition TO the sew
| eral certificates that are enumerated
above, includes detailed description
of the route called for by the ticket
| held by the person who accompanies
the corpse, the several railway lines
| that are to be traversed all junction
| fn.Ait IL,
| These transit points are issued in dup
| licate. and as stated above, can only
be issued by such undertakers as have
passed a satisfactory examination.
The rules of the state board of health,
which regulate these matters and which
| the association hopes to have in force
in the northwestern states, are as fol-
| lows:
Rule 1.-The transportation of bodies
dead of smallpox, Asiatic cholera, yell
| low fever, typhus fever or bubon.c
plague. is absolutely forbt dden.
Rule 2-The bodies of those who have
died of diphtheria (membranous GROUP
| scarlet fever tscarlatna, scarlet rash),
CHAMBERS, anthrax or leprosy, shall not
be accepted for transportation unless
prepared for shipment by being thor
| oughly disinfected by (a) arterial and
cavity injection with an approved dis
infectant fluid, Cb) disinfecting and
| stopping of all orifioes with absorbent
cotton, and (c) washing the body with
the disinfectant, all of which must be
| done by an embamer holding a certifi-
cate as such approved by the state
| board of health. After being disinfect-
| ed as above, such body shall be envel-
| oped in layer of cotton not less than
| one inch thick completely wrapped in
| a sheet and bandagPd, and encased in
| an air-tight zinc. tin. copper or lead
| lined coffin or iron casket all joints and
| seams Theoretically soldered and all Tn
| closed in a strong, tight wooden box.
| Or the body being prepared for ship
| ment by disinfecting and wrapping as
| above, may be placed in a strong cCf-
| lin or casket. and said coffin or casket
| encased in an air-tight zinc, copper or
| tin case, all joints and seams hermeti-
| cally soldered and all enclosed in n
| strong outside wooden box.
In case of diphtheria-The body shall
be thoroughly injected with an APP
| proved disinfectant embalming fluid
| and all oritices of the body, such as the
| mares, mouth, rectum and vagina in the
| female subject, then plugged with alb
sorbent cotton The body shall then .
| washed with the disnfecting fluid and
| wrapped in absorbent cotton layers one
| inch thick. then bandaged and placed
in an alright zinc or metallic case.
| In case of scarlet feVer-All clothing
| must be removed from the body and
| the whole arterial system and cavities.
| including the cerebro-spinal injected
| with a disinfectant of the highest ger
micidal powers. The body must then
be thoroughly washed with the disin-
fecting fluid; all orifices plugged with
| absorbent cotton, then covered with alb
| sorbent cotton one inch thick. then
! bandaged and placed in an Right
zinc or metallic case.
In case of CHAMBERS anthrax or lep-
| rosy-After protecting the hands by
either Naseline or gloves. all clothing
which has been around the body shall
| be thoroughly removed or burned. The
| body shall then be thoroughly washed
with a disinfeCtant of the hiehC st
proven germicidal powers, and suffi-
cient of the disinfectant and embalm-
ing fluid injected in the circulatory sys-
| tenn to thoroughly saturate all the it's
sues of the body. All the main cavities
of the body shall be filled with the dis
| infectant, and all orifices plugged with
| absorbent cotton. The body shall teen
| be washed with the disinfectant.
wrapped in absorbent cotton not less
| than one inch thick, then bandaeed and
| placed in an alright zinc or metallic
| case. When the condition of the body
! demands the removal of the blood it
may be removed by using a bottle
| which contains not less than four
ounces of the disinfecting fluid. The
vein selected for the operation must be
! opened carefully and the tube intro
| duCed to the right auricle of the heart,
and the blood aspirated into the bottle
| without exposing it to the air of the
| room, or without coming in contact
with the hands of the operator.
Rule 3-The bodies of those dead of
| typhoid fever, puerperal fever, erysipe-
| las, tuberculosis and measles, or other
| dangerous communicable diseases other
| than those specified in rules / and .
may be received for transportation
| when prepared for shipment by filling
cavities with an approved disinfectant
! washing the exterior of the body with
| the same, stopping all orifices with alb
! sorbent cotton and envelOning the en-
| tire body with a layer of cotton not
| less than one inch thick. and all
wrapped in a sheet and bendaeed, and
encased in an air-tight coffin OF Casket.
provided that this shall apply only to
bodies which can reach their destina-
ton within As hours from time of
death. In all other cases such bodies