Those found with coupons on their person were
embalmed and prepared for shipment back home to their families.
Embalming in the Civil War: a Canadian mortuary tradition: while it is widely known that the U.S. Civil War ushered in a new generation of weaponry, it also redefined the standard treatment of battlefield corpses
Winston van der Kemp recalled that two decades previously certain chiefs in the Eastern Cape had actively discouraged the introduction of this procedure to the areas under their jurisdiction, for environmental reasons: 'They said, "Please don't bring
embalmed bodies here because it will poison our water systems.'" (11) Embalming, then, appears to be an innovation which has marked urban African bodies, and more specifically, bodies in motion.
Death 'on the move': funerals, entrepreneurs and the rural-urban Nexus in South Africa
Embalmed bodies buried at sea take longer to decompose because fish and other marine life are repelled by the odor of the chemicals (Iserson, 1994).
Drinking grandma: the problem of embalming
The result is that some wards in Tokyo have already passed edicts stating that for all victims of homicides and suicides, the bodies must be
embalmed so as to preserve key evidence until the police are finished with their investigations.
Mourning in Japan: an American entrepreneur in business for the bereaved
He believes Diana's body was
embalmed in Paris deliberately to obscure the results of any chemical pregnancy test had one been conducted.
'There were no signs the Princess was pregnant'
Bodies that are not
embalmed or cremated have to be transported and buried quickly, he pointed out.
Dust to Dust; Green movement progressing to cemeteries
Emma Dainty, 31, of Stafford, said the Co-op failed to
embalm grandad Philip Bayley.
we're dead sorry for what we did; Co-op's fee for nonexistent embalming
14 ( ANI ): It is highly unlikely that the body of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be
embalmed, acting president Nicolas Maduro has said.
Chavez' body 'unlikely' to be embalmed
Mr Horwell asked: "On 31 August 1997 at the time did you think you were doing anything wrong or illegal." Mr Monceau replied: "No, not at all." No one had asked him to
embalm the Princess's body, in fact he had suggested it to Keith Moss, British Consul General in Paris, Mr Monceau confirmed.
Princess's embalmer tells of his regrets
"We have decided to prepare the body of our Comandante President, to
embalm it so that it remains open for all time for the people.
Hugo Chavez's Body To Go on Display in Venezuela 'For all Eternity'
Maduro further said that they have decided to
embalm the body of the late president like Lenin, Ho Chi Minh and Mao Zedong so that it remains open for people everyday and at any time.
'Charismatic' Chavez's body to be embalmed like Lenin, Chairman Mao
Scientific analysis of King Richard I's heart shows that Christians in the 12th century did
embalm church leaders and royalty.
King Richard I's Lionheart Proves Christians Embalmed Leaders
Owner Keith McSweeney told Radar Online said: "We will
embalm the body and there will be a private family viewing.
Autopsy on John Travolta's son planned in Bahamas
The University of Bath will teach potential undertakers how to
embalm and transport corpses, conduct burials at sea and how to comfort grieving relatives.
Students' stiff exam
But Mr Monceau confirmed nobody had asked him to
embalm Diana's body - and it was he who suggested it to Keith Moss, the British Consul General in Paris.
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