Specification of Giacomo Silvestri
Subtitle: preserving animal and vegetable substances [from decay]
Publisher: Great Seal Patent Office
Published: 1855
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Embalming; Desiccation
Description: Patent for a process of preserving corpses of both humans and animals without loss of their original shape. It involves a mixture of bichloride of mercury, powdered selix [sic], subcarbonate of lime, hydrochlorate of ammonia, chloride of lead and chloride of zinc. A second bath of hydrochlarate of soda, phosphate of soda, pounded silex [sic] and salt of alum and cinabar. It is also applicable to flowers, leaves and grasses.
Notes: Cover title.

At head of title: A.D. 1845. No. 10,596.

"Giacomo Silvestri, of Naples... physician".