And as a further safeguard against any substance running out of the mouth, and consequent staining of the pillow or lining of the casket, it is well to stop up the throat with a little cotton. For this purpose you should have an instrument (it may be of wood) made in the shape of a spoon handle and about eight inches long; with this you can easily push a ball of cotton saturated with the Preservative well down the throat. This is a precaution that should _never_ be omitted when the body is to be kept any great length of time, or when it has to be transported on the cars or other conveyance to any distance. It is well to stop up the nose in the same way, but it must be done very neatly, so as not to show or change the appearance of it. Having thus attended to the stomach, you will next bathe the face, neck and whole body (if at all convenient), with the Preservative, using for this purpose a large lather brush, which is better than a sponge or cloth, as you can do the work much quicker and easier with the brush. The rectum at this time should be injected with the Preservative and stopped with a ball of cotton saturated with the same. _This should be well done_, to guard against purging, and should never be omitted where there is any apparent danger of purging, or where the body is to be moved to any considerable distance before burial. Also puncture the abdomen with the Gas-trocar, and inject through the Gas-trocar into the cavity of the body around the bowels about one pint of the Preservative. A large cloth or towel should also be wet with the Preservative and laid over the chest and abdomen, covering it well over; and in order that it will hold the moisture for several hours, it is best that the cloth should be several thicknesses over the abdomen, and should be kept wet with the Preservative by pouring from the bottle along the center of the cloth from time to time as long as the body is to be kept, or during the first two days when the burial is to take place on the third day, and if the burial is to take place on the fourth, fifth or sixth day, this cloth should be kept wet the first _three_ days, and when the body is to be kept _ten or fifteen days_, this cloth should be kept wet proportionately longer. This part of the work should be remembered and well attended to, as it is a well-known fact that decomposition and putrescence first makes its appearance in the bowels and stomach.