Arizona republican., 1899-04-20
HAS IMPROVED A LOST ART.
George Brichler's Discovery of Mar
 Velous Process of Embalming.

That it is possible to preserve dead
 bodies so that they shall have the same
 arrearance as in life has been proved
 Inv two men, one an undertaken of St. I,ol1is the other a resident of East St. Louis Both have apparently Im-
 nroved on the lost art of embalming, as it was known to the Egyptians. as | they preserve the body without emacl- | atior CT any outward change, except | the pallor which comes with death. By this new process it is not necessary to wrap and bind the form of the dead, as the ancients did. Fluids and gases, which quickly eat up those tissues which would otherwise decay, are in- jected and these parts being destroyed the body is left unchanged as to out ward appearance.
 That Is the important difference be- tween the process known to the Egypt ians and the new method. Instead or the skin shrinking over the bones and drying, it hardens under the influence cf the chemicals and preserves the con- tour of the face and figure. The body after being preserved in this manner for several weeks or even a year, looks as if life had been extinct only few hours. The only change apparent is that a waXy gloss comes upon the skin. Doubtless the best examples of this process of embalming are to be found in the establishment of George Erich Ter, in East St. Louis.
 One of these is that of a negro, who was shot by Officer Fancher on Febru- ery 12. The body was removed to the
 uo~gue, where it lay uncared for about forty-eight hours. Then, no one claim ing it. Mir. BriChler obtained 1t and subjected it to his proceS This was not his first experiment, but the oth- CTS had been unsuccessful, although they showed Mir Brichler that he was working in the right direction.
 The negro's body was not in such a cclidition that MT. Brichler was conf dent of achieving his object, but the natural gases were extracted and the fluid, composed in a large part of for nia;dshyde gas, was injected. Several days passed, during which time MT. Brichler took hourly observations, and he was at last rewarded for his work by finding the body gradually harden ing and drying. Since that time, seven weks ago. no change has been appar- ent save that the flesh, if it may still be given that term, has grown harder day by day, until 1t fs HOW as firm as the sole of rubber boot. There is no odor, and the body looks like that of a E1an asleep. The muscles stand out as in life, there is no cancellation and the features have not shrunk as they usu- ally do a few hours after death.
 MT. Brichler said he had been ex- perimenting for about six years. He has given the matter considerable study, and finally hit upon a combina- tion of chemicals that gives the de sired result. He claims bodies em- baimed by this process will, if kept in a dry place, be preserved so that they will show no change a hundred years after death
 The other example of e1nbalming is in this city. An Olive street undertak- CT has the body of woman which he has preserved for more than two years. The woman died of consumption and was emaciated at the time of he. death. The body is now shriveled and the skin is drawn tight over the bones. but othel wise there has been no change. In this case, however, many of the or gans were removed, and it cannot be said that this process is so wonderful as that discovered by the East St. Louis man.-St. Louis Republic.