Specification of William Robert Lake
Subtitle: embalming
Publisher: Great Seal Patent Office
Published: 1867
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Anti-Infective Agents, Local; Embalming
Description: Patent for preserving corpses by using "antiseptic gases... such as chlorine, sulphurous, muriatic, or carbonic acid gas" applied through the rectum or mouth.
Notes: At head of title: A.D. 1867, 6th April. No. 1044.

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"William Robert Lake, of "the International Patent Office," no.8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, consulting engineer."