Embalming : history, theory, and practice / Sharon L. Gee-Mascarello ; with a foreword by Robert G. Mayer.

Author/creator Gee-Mascarello, Sharon L. author.
Other author Mayer, Robert G.
Format Book
EditionSixth edition.
PublicationNew York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2022]
Descriptionxx, 500 pages : colored illustrations ; 28 cm
Subjects

Contents Origins of embalming and reverent care of the dead -- Fundamentals of embalming -- Personal health and regulatory standards -- The preparation room -- Death : agonal and postmortem changes -- Embalming chemicals -- Use of embalming chemicals -- Anatomical considerations -- Embalming vessel sites and selections -- Embalming analysis -- Preparation of the body prior to arterial injection -- Injection and drainage techniques -- Distribution and diffusion of arterial solution -- Cavity embalming -- Treatments after arterial injection -- General age considerations -- Preparation of autopsied bodies -- Preparation of organ and tissue donors -- Delayed embalming -- Discolorations -- Moisture considerations -- Vascular considerations -- Effect of drugs on the embalming process -- Selected conditions -- Viewing without embalming, delayed viewing, re-embalming, and human remains shipping.
Abstract "This book covers embalming as no other book ever has and is useful as a teaching text, historical, or technical reference for the funeral service practitioner or the lay reader"-- Provided by publisher.
General notePreceded by Embalming / Robert G. Mayer. 5th ed. c2012.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Gee-Mascarello, Sharon L. Embalming Sixth edition. New York : McGraw Hill Education, [2022] 9781260010084
LCCN 2021026531
ISBN9781260010077 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
ISBN1260010074 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

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