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
The lower part of the body, if it is not injured, can be injected now
through the abdominal aorta, but if there has been any damage done
below the diaphragm, it would probably be best to further open up the
cavity and inject each lower extremity through the common iliacs.
Now replace all the organs and surround them with hardening compound,
and sew up the cavity incisions, with great care and neatness. It would
be well to practice demi-surgery here, so that you would become more
proficient in the art, and thus be able to do more efficient work on
the exposed parts, should the occasion ever demand it.
=Gun-shot in the Abdomen.=—When death occurs it is generally due to
severing or dividing of an artery or decomposition resulting from the
injury done the intestines. The operator should open the body cavity,
from the end of the sternum bone to the pubic bone, and cleanse the
cavity of all the coagulated blood and other putrid matter. Locate and
tie up the injured vessels. The injection can then be started from one
of the principle arteries which will aid in locating the other injured
vessels. Puncture the stomach and inject inside, so as to prevent the
formation of gas, and after the body has been injected place hardening
compound inside the body cavity and sew up carefully and neatly.
=Burns and Scalds.=—A burn is an injury to the body produced by
the application of a flame or of a substance heated above a certain
temperature.
A scald is an injury produced by the application of a liquid heated
above a certain temperature.
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