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Embalming : history, theory, and practice/

Gee-Mascarello,Sharon L.

Embalming : history, theory, and practice/ Sharon L. Gee-Mascarello, foreword by Robert G. Mayer - 6th edition - New York: McGraw-Hill, 2022. - xx, 500 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

includes bibliographical references and index

Origins of embalming and reverent care of the dead
Fundamentals of embalming
Personal health and regulatory standards
The preparation room
Death : agonal and postmortem changes
Embalming chemicals
Use of embalming chemicals
Anatomical considerations
Embalming vessel sites and selections
Embalming analysis
Preparation of the body prior to arterial injection
Injection and drainage techniques
Distribution and diffusion of arterial solution
Cavity embalming
Treatments after arterial injection
General age considerations
Preparation of autopsied bodies
Preparation of organ and tissue donors
Delayed embalming
Discolorations
Moisture considerations
Vascular considerations
Effect of drugs on the embalming process
Selected conditions
Viewing without embalming, delayed viewing, re-embalming, and human remains shipping


This book covers embalming as no other book ever has and is useful as a teaching text, historical, or technical reference for the funeral service practitioner or the lay reader"-- Provided by publisher

978126001007


Embalming

GT3340 / .G44 2022

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