History Flashcards
What are two reasons for ancient embalming?
Religion and sanitisation
How many methods of embalming were there for the Ancient Egyptians?
3
1) One for the upper class
2) One for the middle class
3) One for the lower class
Name the five steps for the most expensive method of Egyptian embalming?
1) Removal of the brain.
2) Evisceration (Organs removed from body)
3) Immersion (Body immersed in Natron)
4) Dehydration (Dehydrated in the sun)
5) Wrapping (Gum or glue used to help hold the cloth to the body)
Why was embalming generally not practiced during the dark ages?
Bodies were being used for dissection purposes to help aid advances in medicine and anatomical knowledge.
What did Leonardo DaVinci produce?
Anatomical plates as a result of dissection of the human body.
What did Dr. Frederick Ruysch discover?
The first successful system of arterial embalming. He is considered the father of embalming.
What did Dr. William Harvey discover?
The circulation of blood.
What is Dr. William Hunter credited with being?
The first to adopt arterial injection as a means of preservation.
What is Jean Gannal credited with being?
The first to offer embalming services to the general public in France.
What did Anthony Van Leeuwenhoek manufacture, and what did he discover?
He manufactured the microscope, and he discovered Bacteria.
What did Alexander Butlerov and Wilhelm Avon Hofmann discover?
Formaldehyde.
What is Dr. Thomas Holmes credited with?
Being the father of modern embalming.
Experimenting with preservative chemicals. He later began offering his service to the public
What was used in early American embalming to help ward off decomposition?
Ice.
What term came into effect in the twentieth century to the person who would manage all funeral details and provide funeral merchandise?
‘Undertaker’.
What are three reasons for modern embalming?
1) Sanitation
2) Preservation
3) Restoration
