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The Undertaker's Manual

The Undertaker's Manual

by Auguste Renouard

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Author
Renouard, Auguste, 1839-1912
Title
The undertakers' manual
Original Publication
United States: A. H. Nirdlinger & Co, 1878.
Credits
Bob Taylor, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Subject
Undertakers and undertaking
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 70908
Release Date
June 4, 2023
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.THE Undertakers’ Manual : A TREATISE OF USEFUL AND RELIABLE INFORMATION; EMBRACING COMPLETE AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF BODIES. ALSO, THE MOST APPROVED EMBALMING METHODS; WITH HINTS ON THE PROFESSION OF UNDERTAKING.
  3. 3.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.TO THE PROFESSION. — UNDERTAKERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS. — CONCLUSION.
  6. 6.UNDERTAKING. — UNDERTAKING AS A PROFESSION,
  7. 7.EMBALMING.
  8. 8.THE LABORATORY. — FOOTNOTES:
  9. 9.DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
  10. 10.POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS. — THE RIGOR MORTIS.
  11. 11.PRESERVATION OF BODIES.
  12. 12.STATE OF THE BODY AFTER DEATH.
  13. 13.DEATH FROM POISONING.
  14. 14.EMBALMING BODIES.
  15. 15.THE ARTERIAL SYSTEM. — THE VEINS. — DIGESTIVE ORGANS. — ORGANS OF RESPIRATION.
  16. 16.ANIMAL MATTER. — PRESERVATION AND PUTREFACTION.
  17. 17.THROMBOSIS AND EMBOLISM.
  18. 18.PROCESS OF EMBALMING.
  19. 19.EXPLANATION OF TERMS.
  20. 20.OF ANIMAL CHEMISTRY. SECTION ONE.
  21. 21.ANIMAL CHEMISTRY. SECTION TWO.
  22. 22.GANNAL’S PROCESS OF EMBALMING. — WITH MODIFICATIONS.
  23. 23.EMBALMING BY MACERATION.
  24. 24.LAWS OF HEALTH. — DIET. — MODIFICATIONS OF AGE. — CLIMATE. — DRINKS. — DIGESTIBILITY OF ALIMENTARY SUBSTANCES. — CLOTHING.
  25. 25.EMBALMING PROCESS OF WORTH AND DURAND.
  26. 26.MISCELLANEOUS. — CHLORIDE OF LEAD AS A DEODORIZER AND DISINFECTANT. — DANGERS OF ABSORPTION OF CARBOLIC ACID. — DISINFECTANTS. — A RELIABLE SIGN OF DEATH.
  27. 27.RAPID DECAY OF THE HUMAN STRUCTURE. — CONDITION OF THE BLOOD. — DIFFICULT CASES. — EMBALMING PROCESSES. — DEODORIZING AGENTS.
  28. 28.PRACTICES WHICH MUST BE ABOLISHED. — DANGERS ARISING FROM HANDLING THE DEAD. — CONDITIONS OF THE SYSTEM,
  29. 29.MANAGEMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF AN UNDERTAKING ESTABLISHMENT. — SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT. — SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT. — SPECIFIC DUTIES OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT. — GENERAL REGULATIONS OF THE STORE.
  30. 30.MODIFICATIONS IN THE MODE OF EMBALMING BODIES.
  31. 31.CHLORINE: ITS PROPERTIES AND USES.
  32. 32.INSTRUMENTS.
  33. 33.GASEOUS COMPOUNDS. — SULPHUROUS ACID.
  34. 34.PHYSIOLOGY. GENERAL VIEW OF THE CIRCULATING APPARATUS OF MAN. — PRINCIPAL DIVISIONS OF THE AORTA AND VENA CAVA. — ORGANS OF DIGESTION. — ORGANS OF CIRCULATION.—HEART AND LUNGS.
  35. 35.GLOSSARY AND INDEX. — Transcriber’s Notes

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