The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-12
TURNED into STONE
Wonderful Process of Embalmlng
Discovered by an Allan
ia Doctor.
Principal Chemical Used Is Carbon
Dioxide in a Liquid
,~sa.. Form.

Atlanta, Ca, Aug. ia process of pre-
serving human bodies, known to the an =,
Gent Egyptians lost sou Ign nor than 2
years, has been discovered by Or. Arnoio
Rosett, of Atlanta. ,ost.
Unlike the method practiced by the priests
sarcophagi, the process of DR.. Rosett is not
one Of naturalization, but turns human nes1
into heavy white stone, 1t is the + me.h4 "
petrify organic matter, that is initiated by
the scientist in his laboratory: scores, nun
dreds. and often thousands OF years are re-
CURED by naturs IN D his human
bodies and parts Of human bodies into GUS
tening silicon in from four to SIX hon.1 a:
The length of time varies WIZ "a, dea+b on The
ness having much to do with determinlng
the length, of time necessary for the cheni'-
Gals used to work upon the mesh
This modern wizard worked for two years
and a half before he finally succeeded IN sur.
pris,ng Nature at her secret. 1t was ABOUT
eight months ago, while ne Vas ant tHn'n mi.
versity in Baltimore that his eMorts WIZ
finally crowned with success: The success
came as a surprise to himself; as ne ne s+,,dy
of preserving dead bodies WINE ne was "a q
student at The Of fba expend
NJ time and aSop Would avail that he
would succeed where SO many hundreds had
failed thru: so many hundreds OF years
Almost at the outset he discarded all tnougnt
of seeking to discover again the methods or
embalming used by the ancient Egyptians
He was after something that would last as
long as the eternal hills themselves, and
would preserve all the outlines OF the BODY IN
unsunken condition. The Egyptian mummies
crumble.H He was after something that would
last as long as the stone cohins IN "nlch
they are incased. -
Thus is was he thought to spy upon ma
ture and surprise the working Of the chemic
laws through which she labors in the very
process Of petriflcation. In the orie1est pos
sible phrase, he forces" the slow natural
method Of turning flesh into stone The
alright vessel Of glass or enameled ware,
and the chemicals which are used are intro
duced.
ORGANIC MATTER DISPLACED.
It is kept in temperature Of about 80 &C.
grees Rheaumer. Gradually the molecules
Of hesh-of organic matter-are displaced,
and for every particle is substituted IKE
the process were done all at once the nooy
| could not retain its outer form. All the time
! the subject is In the alright vessel, no mat
| ter how long 1t remains, 1t is IN a soft con
dtion 1t Is only upon exposure to the all
| that it hardens. and the older 1t grows tho
harder it becomes. The main ingredient EN-
| ployed in the compound Is silicon dioxide II
| liquid form.
| at his residence, 339 South Pryor street. thu
! perfectly preserved body Of an infant, and {
number Of parts of bodies. DR.. Reset
moved from Baltimore to Atlanta an a. only aS,,d
| which was yet in the process of petrif1ca
ton, was spoiled by the removal. 1t is nee
essary to insure perfect results, that IN
body be- taken before the hs OF &c.
in. Bodies that have been preserved ssv
eral weeks on ice may give good results