This done, in addition to the treatment according to the foregoing instructions, I term partial embalming, and the entire time consumed in thus taking care of a body will not exceed one hour. And if the Preservative _is used freely_ and my instructions are carried out in this process of treating a case, there will _never be a failure_, and the body in _every instance_ will be as effectually preserved for ten, twenty or thirty days, as it would under a treatment of full embalming for all time. [Illustration: [Fleuron]] CHAPTER V. Cases Indicating Absence of Immediate Results. In some cases the appearances of the body under treatment may indicate a want of immediate results from the application of the Preservative as the same case would from any kind of treatment. Which may be from the fact that from the nature of the disease or from circumstances connected with the death of the subject, decomposition sets in very rapidly, in some cases the blood and fluids of the body being in a state of rapid progress towards disintegration even before death, and although the Preservative permeates the tissues of the body very readily, the amount of _actual contact of it_ is so limited in proportion to the whole mass of animal matter to be preserved, that some time must be allowed for _sufficient saturation_. When such indications appear, do not be discouraged or allow the fears of the friends of the deceased of your ultimate failure deter you, but continue to persist in your work as you have been directed in these pages, neglecting or omitting no part of the process, allowing time enough for _thorough saturation_ of the body with the Preservative, and the case will invariably come out all right, provided that the rules have all been carefully followed, and in fact a body under such careful and persistent treatment will present a better appearance after the third or fourth day than before. I will here call your attention to the fact, if there are any disagreeable odors in the room when you are first called to attend the dead, a little of the Preservative sprayed about the room will effectually deodorize and disinfect it, rendering it at once pure and wholesome, remembering that the Excelsior Preservative will not stain or injure any clothing or fabric with which it may come in contact. [Illustration: [Fleuron]] CHAPTER VI. Prevention of Contagious or Infectious Diseases. Many of our customers sell large quantities of the Preservative to disinfect sick-rooms. If sprayed around the rooms it will purify and deodorize them in five minutes, thereby arresting contagion. The best way to deodorize a room or the house, is to suspend a good-sized sponge saturated with the Preservative, in each room, with a plate underneath to catch the drip, and when dry saturate again from the plate.