Monday, October 30, 2006
Embalming The Dead
Allentown Democrat - September 10, 1862
The embalmment of those of our brave volunteers who have died in service of their country has lately been a source of great consolation to sorrowing relatives, and is extensively practiced. Those who are engaged in the pursuit grade their charges according to the rank of the deceased varying from $15 to $100. The body of a private soldier is embalmed for $15 and sent home in a handsome coffin for $15 more. The process is simply to make an incision in any one of the arteries and to input therein a liquid invented by a Dr. Susquect, of Paris, which is secret to the operation.
The embalmment of those of our brave volunteers who have died in service of their country has lately been a source of great consolation to sorrowing relatives, and is extensively practiced. Those who are engaged in the pursuit grade their charges according to the rank of the deceased varying from $15 to $100. The body of a private soldier is embalmed for $15 and sent home in a handsome coffin for $15 more. The process is simply to make an incision in any one of the arteries and to input therein a liquid invented by a Dr. Susquect, of Paris, which is secret to the operation.
September 10, 1862
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