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Social customs which MAY be broken without serious consequences

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Folkways

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The social values of the funeral rite are most commonly learned from

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Enculturation

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A long hollow tube patented in 1868 by Sam Rogers is used by embalmers to inject hollow cavities and remove excess liquids

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Trocar

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Ancient Hebrew practice allows family and friends to sit with the deceased as a precaution against premature burial

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Shiva

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A salt found in a dry lake bed of the desert and used by the ancient Egyptians in preparation of the body

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Natron

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Social behavior dictated by tradition of the people

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Custom

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A special funeral functionary in Ancient Rome who summoned participants to a public funeral

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Praeco

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A funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved, altered to suit the trends of the times

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Adaptive funeral

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Jars used by the early Egyptians to store the viscera of the deceased

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Canonic jars

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A brief practice of draining a quantity of blood to cure a disease

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Blood letting

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Created in the 1800s in London by the poor as a means to afford funerals

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Burial clubs

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Another name for a funeral procession

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Cortege

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Ancient Egyptian belief that the soul of the deceased would make a 3000 year journey and return to the body

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Circle of necessity

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The modern word for funeral is derived from the Latin word that means torch light procession

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Funeralis

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A method used to apply a continuous flow of embalming solution via manual manipulation of a hand-held mechanism

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Hand pump

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16
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Disposition via earth burial without any form of funeral rite at the time of disposition

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Immediate burial/direct burial?

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17
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A family in which the govern of power is shared by both man and woman is referred to as

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Egalitarian

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Association established in 1928 committed to qualify funeral services and high standards membership is limited one independent funeral home per community

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The order of the golden rule

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An expectant behavior/pattern enforced by those governing

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Law

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During these years, 1540-1745 the sole agency permitted to embalm and perform anatomical dissections in the city of London

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The barber surgeons

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The Roman view of the afterlife which emphasizes the soul as a vital principle

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Animism

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Required the woolen cloth be substituted foe lined in the shroud and lining of the coffin

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Burial and linen act of 1886

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23
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A life size wax recreation of the deceased

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Effigy

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Traveling salesman who went from town to town selling their products

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Drummer

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25
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Disposition of human remains without any rites or ceremonies

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Direct disposition

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Apparatus used to inject fluid during vascular arterial phase of embalming process relies on gravity to create pressure required to deliver fluid

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Gravity injector

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Excavated cemeteries that originated in Ancient Rome

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Catacombs

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28
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A method of disposing of the body via fire

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Cremation

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John Hunter

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Hunters canal

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Dr. Thomas Holmes

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Father of embalming in the US

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Dr. William Hunter

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First to successfully adopt arterial injection

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Dr. Frederick Ruysch

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Father of embalming

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33
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August Hofman

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Discovered formaldehyde

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A portable table on which the body was placed while the corpse cooler was in use

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Cooling board

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A report written in 1840 in London that created the first use of the death certificate

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Chadwicks report

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36
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This individual provided services organizing and facilitating funeral details as an occupation

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Funeral director

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37
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A type of ice chest places over the torso of the body in order to slow the process of decomposition

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Corpse cooler

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38
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Burials that take place outside the city walls

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Extramural

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39
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A specialty connected with funerals in colonial America. This individual called personally upon those expected to attend funerals. The position was often A municipal appointed position

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Invited to funerals

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40
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Religious or philosophical belief of ancient Greeks and oriental East emphasizing spiritual aspects of the afterlife

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Mystery cults

41
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A person hired by the ancient Greeks and romans to ensure an adequate display of emotion

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Professional mourners

42
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A massive early Egyptian coffin cut from a single stone and affectionately referred to as a flesh eater

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Sarcophagus

43
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The church caretaker who had responsibility for the church property

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Sexton

44
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An embalmed who gives up regular employment

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Trade embalmer

45
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Jewish burials were scheduled

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During the day of the death before sundown

46
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Mortuary fee paid to ensure entrance of the descendants soul into heaven

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Souk shot

47
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This individual provides supplies and merchandise to funeral undertakers who were dealing directly with the public

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Furnishing undertaker

48
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An ancient Viking custom which placed the deceased and his possessions in the grave following the funeral pyre

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Mound burial

49
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The Catholic belief that those whose souls are not perfectly cleansed undergo a process of cleansing before entering heaven

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Purgatory

50
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A term applied to the systematic treatment of cases requiring repairs of injuries due to disease or trauma

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Restorative arts

51
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The funeral rites which are devoid of any religious rites

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Humanistic

52
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Egyptian undertaker specialist who had the responsibility of making medicines and anointing the body of the deceased

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Apothecary servant

53
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A term that would best describe the study of the population

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Demography

54
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What is the name of the Greek father of history

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Herodotus

55
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Which listed grave was the oldest and most commonly used by the Hebrews

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Single chamber

56
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What was the name for a yakhu

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The shining one

57
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The element of the deceased that remains close to the body that requires attention from the living

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Ka

58
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This Greek tomb had the appearance of a temple

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Naida

59
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The term used by the Jewish people to represent the flesh

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Basar

60
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Memorial services are funeral rites without

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The body present

61
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Dr. August Renourd

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Author of the first embalming textbook in the US

62
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A. Johnson Dodge

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Embalming fluid manufacturer

63
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James Cunningham

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Coined term funeral car

64
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Hudson Samson

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Oval decked funeral car with drapes

65
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Crane and Breed

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First automatic hearse

66
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Which era are the years 30,000 BC - 6000 BC

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Neolithic

67
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The earliest assumed state of man was depicted by which era

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Eolithic

68
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The most expensive method of Egyptian embalming consisted of five steps. The last being

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Bandaging and anointing

69
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Who was the father of embalming

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Dr. Frederick Ruysch

70
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Crane and Breed were recognized in the nineteenth century as innovators of embalming

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FALSE

71
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Anthony Gaussardia invented the first metal casket in America

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FALSE

Fisk

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President Lincoln died in his sleep and was embalmed by Fisk

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FALSE

Cattall

73
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Trapazae or square cut tombs are associated with ancient Hebrew culture

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FALSE

Greek

74
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The kiss of peace United Christianity, Judaism and Islam

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FALSE

Judaism and Christianity

75
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A sin eater was a part of Scandinavian culture

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FALSE

76
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Dionysus was known as the god of partying

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FALSE

Wine

77
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Cremation was the only form of disposition ever used by the romans

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FALSE

78
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Earth burial was the main mode of disposition used by the Germans and Scandinavians

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FALSE

Cremation

79
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Feudal funerals are associated with the ancient Greeks

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FALSE

Middle Ages

80
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Dionysus was recognized as the god of

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Wine

81
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The Fisk metallic casket was patented in what year

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1848

82
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The canonic jars which housed the organs of the deceased Egyptians were named after the four son’s of

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Horus

83
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Which of the following did the Egyptians believe to be the center of the universe

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Sun

84
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The guild of all souls was established in

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London

85
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The most desirable method of disposition for the Egyptians was

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Entombment

86
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Which of the following is associated with the development and introduction of funeral transportation

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Crane and Breed

87
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Conclamatio mortis is identified with which of the following

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Calling out of the dead

88
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The first Christian ruler of Rome was

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Constantine

89
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A.C. Barstow

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Created ogee design

90
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Crane and Barnes

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Acquired manufacturing rights from Fisk

91
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James Gray

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First patent on metallic coffin

92
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John Dillion

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First coffin shop/warehouse in NY

93
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Jacob Knorr

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German Quaker who made coffins on demand

94
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Which of the following individuals involved in ancient Egyptian embalming process was most prominent

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Priest

95
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Which of the following did not considered to be an influential person in the development of embalming schools

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Chadwick

96
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A ________ or long pleated arrangement of fine linen was worn by the widow in the Middle Ages

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Barbe

97
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Who usually had their funeral processions at night

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Romans

98
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Of the following individuals involved in the embalming process. Who was the person who marked the length of the incision with a charcoal pencil

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Scribe

99
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The first people to dress sir dead in white clothing

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Romans

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