US111222A - Improvement in embalming - Google Patents
Improvement in embalming Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- US111222A US111222A US111222DA US111222A US 111222 A US111222 A US 111222A US 111222D A US111222D A US 111222DA US 111222 A US111222 A US 111222A
- Authority
- US
- United States
- Prior art keywords
- embalming
- improvement
- place
- solution
- tube
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Lifetime
Links
- 239000000243 solution Substances 0.000 description 12
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 8
- 210000003205 Muscles Anatomy 0.000 description 6
- RQNWIZPPADIBDY-UHFFFAOYSA-N arsenic Chemical compound [As] RQNWIZPPADIBDY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052785 arsenic Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N hydrogen Chemical compound [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- 239000001257 hydrogen Substances 0.000 description 6
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 6
- 210000001367 Arteries Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- 210000001562 Sternum Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- 238000002347 injection Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000007924 injection Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000000463 material Substances 0.000 description 4
- NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitrate Chemical compound [O-][N+]([O-])=O NHNBFGGVMKEFGY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 239000000843 powder Substances 0.000 description 4
- 210000000683 Abdominal Cavity Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 235000009825 Annona senegalensis Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 210000004369 Blood Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 210000000845 Cartilage Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 210000003467 Cheek Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 229920000742 Cotton Polymers 0.000 description 2
- 229960002126 Creosote Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 210000001105 Femoral Artery Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 210000000554 Iris Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 235000006173 Larrea tridentata Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 240000007588 Larrea tridentata Species 0.000 description 2
- 210000000088 Lip Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 210000004303 Peritoneum Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 240000007216 Quercus alba Species 0.000 description 2
- 235000009137 Quercus alba Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N Sulfuric acid Chemical compound OS(O)(=O)=O QAOWNCQODCNURD-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 210000001138 Tears Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 240000000280 Theobroma cacao Species 0.000 description 2
- 210000001835 Viscera Anatomy 0.000 description 2
- 239000008280 blood Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000005764 cacao Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 235000005767 cacao Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 235000001046 cacaotero Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 238000002425 crystallisation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000005712 crystallization Effects 0.000 description 2
- 238000004821 distillation Methods 0.000 description 2
- LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N ethanol Chemical compound CCO LFQSCWFLJHTTHZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000004927 fusion Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000011521 glass Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004615 ingredient Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000003387 muscular Effects 0.000 description 2
- GRYLNZFGIOXLOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N nitric acid Chemical compound O[N+]([O-])=O GRYLNZFGIOXLOG-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000002245 particle Substances 0.000 description 2
- 230000002441 reversible Effects 0.000 description 2
- 230000002784 sclerotic Effects 0.000 description 2
- 235000011149 sulphuric acid Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 239000001117 sulphuric acid Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000001665 trituration Methods 0.000 description 2
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
Classifications
-
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
- A01N—PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS
- A01N1/00—Preservation of bodies of humans or animals, or parts thereof
Landscapes
- Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
- Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
- Dentistry (AREA)
- General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
- Wood Science & Technology (AREA)
- Zoology (AREA)
- Environmental Sciences (AREA)
- Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
Description
UNITED STATES PATENT CEEIcE,
BENJAMIN F. LYFORD, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.
IMPROVEMENT lN-EMBALMlNGa Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 1 11,2 22, dated January 24, 1871.
T0 aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, Dr. BENJAMIN F. LY- FORD, of San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and Improved Solution and Process for Embalming; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.
' The proper distillatory apparatus having been prepared, the manner of proceeding in order to obtain the embalming material is as follows: Take of nitrate of potassa, in powder, one equivalent, and add of carbo Zigm' pulm's a sufficient quantity to well divide the particle of potassa by trituration. Place this mixture within the distillatory apparatus, and by means of a funnel add of monohydrated sulphuric acid two equivalents. Adapt the proper receiver and apply heat, moderateat first and gradually increased as the material within thickens, until the whole is in a state of perfect fusion. Continue this distillation until one equivalent of monohydrated nitric acid is obtained, which place in .open retorts, and thereto carefully add pure granulated me tallic zinc until hydrogen is nojlonger disengaged. The reason for disengaging all the hydrogen possible from this solution is to enable it to reabsorb hydrogen when diffused throughout the subject that is to be embalmed. To the nitrate solution, in order to prevent crystallization, immediately add one equivalent of anhydrous alcohol,'mix well, transfer the solution to bottles, which stop tightly, and allow it to stand therein for several (lays. To thirty-two ounces of this fluid add two ounces of creosote, which imparts a fine, rich color,
much resembling that of blood. The liquid;
is now ready for use.
The process of embalming is as follows: If
death has resulted from a wound, or from adisease that has not injured the muscular structure of the arteries, make an incision into and expose the right femoral artery. Make an opening four inches below the branch of the profunda, and in this opening place and properly secure a tube three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter, to which fasten one end of a' flexible pipe, the other end of which is constructed with a stop-cock so arranged that it can be easily attached to a reversible pump.
Then place the subject in a receptacle having a strong glass top, and otherwise so constructed that the cover may be secured air-tight, through the side of which receptacle the inj ection-pipe passes, and also a separatue tube provided with a stop-cock, to which tube the pump is now attached, and by means of the pump a vacuum as nearly perfect as possible is formed within the receptacle. cock, detach and reverse the pump, connect it with the flexible injection-tube, and force into the arteries the liquid whose composition is abo ve described until tears are freely driven from the subjects eyes and small white elevations appear in all parts of the surface of the body. Close the cock of the injection-tube, and allow the subject thus to remain for the space of twelve hours, after which reverse the pump, open the cock, and withdraw from the subject all the solution possible with the use of twice the force with which the injection was accompanied. This process of alternate injec* tion and exhaustion should be repeated from one to six times, or even more, according to the amount of muscle to be acted upon, each injection subsequent to the first to be with drawn after four or six hours standing. This completed, the receptacle should be opened. Now make an incision from the center and upper part of the sternum downward along the line of the linae alba, dividing the muscles and peritoneum. Dissect back the muscles over the thoracic region, cut through the car tilages, and elevate the sternum. Next carefully remove the entire viscera, sponge out the abdomino-parietal cavity, remove the injection-tube, again readjust the lid of the re ceptacle, and once more exhaust the air within it. The subject should remain in cacao until the solution ceases to accumulate within the abdominal cavity. Then open the receptacle, sponge out the cavity, and apply arsenic plentifully over its inner surface. Next fill the cavity with C(MbO Zz'gni pulvis and Quercus alba palms, well mixed, readjust the sternumfsecure by suture, and close up the incision. Open the eyes,.make an incision through each sclerotic one-eighth of an inch above the upper margin of the iris, evacuate the humors, carefully wipe out the ball, place within it a small amount of arsenic, fill the ball with cotton, and place over it an artificial eye. Scatter arsenic in powder over the body, and ap Turn the V 77 Haring thus described my invention, what 2 mime ply bandages under the clothes or on those I I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters portions of the body not in sight. Color the Patent, is
lips, cheeks, and other parts of the face to 1. The solution for embalming, composed of life, and place the body in a dry room Within the ingredients herein described.
a casket, or other covering that will exclude 2. The process of compounding said solumoisture, until the body becomes hard. Subtion, as set forth.
jects thus prepared are perfect in color and '3. The process of cinbalming, as herein form, and at the distance of a few feet they specified.
look as though alive. They remain for years 13. F. LYFORD, M. D. in the exact condition in which the embalmer \Vitnesses: leaves them. SoLoN O. Kmuon,
CHAS. A. PETTIT.
Publications (1)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
US111222A true US111222A (en) | 1871-01-24 |
Family
ID=2180691
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
US111222D Expired - Lifetime US111222A (en) | Improvement in embalming |
Country Status (1)
Country | Link |
---|---|
US (1) | US111222A (en) |
-
0
- US US111222D patent/US111222A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
Bradbury et al. | The penetration of urea into the central nervous system at high blood levels | |
US111222A (en) | Improvement in embalming | |
Klendshoj et al. | Poisoning from tetraethylpyrophosphate (tepp) | |
Sellards et al. | The preparation of hemoglobin for clinical investigations | |
Mushtaq et al. | Treatment of hyperkalemia with salbutamol and insulin | |
CN216493029U (en) | Novel frog heart perfusion experiment intubation tube | |
JIRKA et al. | Fat Embolism: An Experimental Study on the Value of Roentgenograms of the Chest in Diagnosis | |
Stansfeld | AN APPARATUS FOR TRANSFUSION OF BLOOD BY THE CITRATE METHOD. | |
RU2659632C1 (en) | Device for foaming and administering a medicament | |
USRE2691E (en) | george w | |
Boothby | Ether percentages | |
DE4218119A1 (en) | Double catheter for treatment of bladder | |
US156051A (en) | Improvement in embalming or preserving dead bodies | |
CORT | thirst (with water by mouth these patients immediately | |
GOTO et al. | THE EFFECT ON THE PLASMINIC ACTIVITY OF AMCHA IN CASES WITH CEREBRAL VASCULAR LESION PRELIMINARY REPORT | |
US98554A (en) | Improved medical compound | |
Court et al. | Diabetes Insipidus Treated by Slowly Acting Pituitary Emulsion | |
Payne | Blood Transfusion | |
US121467A (en) | Improvement in medical compounds or eye-washes | |
Hrubetz | Pituitary hormones and the blood sugar level | |
Twining | The preparation of serums and antitoxins | |
Hargett et al. | Tidal drainage of the urinary bladder | |
Cameron | Alleged Death from the Application of an Arsenical Plaster | |
Haley | Arteriosclerotic Gangrene: Report on Refrigeration Prior to Amputation. | |
VAN METER | INSTRUMENT FOR INVAGINATING TIP OF APPENDIX. |