Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _italic_ [Illustration: Portrait of a man] 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. BY AUGUSTE RENOUARD. ROCHESTER, N. Y. A. H. NIRDLINGER & CO., PUBLISHERS. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1878, by AUGUSTE RENOUARD, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE. Introduction, iii To the Profession, vii Undertaking as a Profession, 5 Embalming, 12 The Laboratory, 17 Drugs and Chemicals, 21 Post Mortem Examinations, 30 Preservation of Bodies, 36 State of Body after Death, 41 Death from Poisoning, 44 Embalming Bodies, 49 The Arterial System, 56 Animal Matter, 64 Thrombosis and Embolism, 70 Process of Embalming, 76 Explanation of Terms, 91 Of Animal Chemistry—Section one, 96 ” ” Section two, 115 Gannal’s Process of Embalming, 123 Embalming by Maceration, 128 Laws of Health, 130 Embalming Process of Worth and Durand, 142 Miscellaneous Duties, 146 Rapid Decay of the Human Structure, 157 Practices which must be Abolished, 169 Management of an Undertaking Establishment, 175 Modifications in Embalming Bodies, 182 Chlorine: its Properties and Uses, 186 Instruments, 191 Gaseous Compounds, 197 General View of the Circulating Apparatus, 200 Glossary and Index, 209