Anatomy and Embalming: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this SubjectNunnamaker, Albert John
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Anatomy and Embalming: A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject
Nunnamaker, Albert John
Embalming
If favorable comment is heard from the family, your work is done for
the time being. If unfavorable comment is heard, ascertain the cause
of the comment and do not leave the house until the proper appearance
has been secured. If your work has been pleasing to the family, you can
rest assured that the case is a success and that you have done your
work well. When you are satisfied in your own mind that all is well
with the body, make arrangements for the selection of the casket, and
then retire from the house. If the door decoration has not been placed
in position before you leave, you will place it in position yourself.
Some funeral directors set the time for the funeral during the first
call, and some wait until later. The same for the other arrangements,
such as newspaper notices, minister, singers, church or chapel
services, number of conveyances, etc. Whatever method you choose to
use in your community should be carried out systematically so that
at no time, will anything be left undone to cause confusion at some
inopportune time.
=The Position of the Body on the Embalming Board.=—The position of
the body on the embalming board is regulated by the adjustment of the
movable head end of the board.
After much experience with various classes of bodies, we find that
the adjustment mentioned is a very valuable aid in securing the best
results both as to completeness of the circulation and amount of blood
drained.
In anemic, tubercular, cancer of the stomach and exhaustion cases,
together with other conditions resulting in emaciation, the head end
of the board should be raised to the height that seems suitable for the
position of the upper part of the body when placed in the casket during
the injection of the first bottle of fluid. When the first bottle of
fluid has been injected, lower the head end of the board until the
entire board is level, and leave it in that position until you have
completed the injection, when you will again raise the end of the board
until the position of the body is just as it will be in the casket.
When pneumonia and other non-emaciated bodies are to be injected, with
drainage, use the same procedure as is stated above for the emaciated
bodies.
In dropsical cases, raise the head end of the board only for the first
bottle of the injection; then for the second bottle, lower the head end
to about half of its first height, and set the foot end of the board
on some object that will raise it five and six inches. In this way you
will have a slight elevation at both ends of the body, and drainage
can better be obtained from the center of the circulation. When the
operation is complete, lower the foot end again and raise the head end
so that the body occupies the proper position for the casket.
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