Chapter I: Front Matter

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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