The Corpse: A HistoryMcFarland, 2015-09-17 - 368 psl. Throughout the centuries, different cultures have established a variety of procedures for handling and disposing of corpses. Often the methods are directly associated with the deceased's position in life, such as a pharaoh's mummification in Egypt or the cremation of a Buddhist. Treatment by the living of the dead over time and across cultures is the focus of this study. Burial arrangements and preparations are detailed, including embalming, the funeral service, storage and transport of the body, and forms of burial. Autopsies and the investigative process of causes of deliberate death are fully covered. Preservation techniques such as cryonic suspension and mummification are discussed, as well as a look at the "recycling" of the corpse through organ donation, donation to medicine, animal scavengers, cannibalism, and, of course, natural decay and decomposition. Mistreatments of a corpse are also covered. |
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Rezultatai 1–5 iš 57
... Corpse 3 The Preparation The Anointing 48 Laying Out 52 Embalming 54 4 The Display The Wake 63 Lying in State 65 The Funeral 69 The State Funeral 73 22 47 48 63 5 The Disposition Storage and Transport 78 Earth Burial 83 vii Contents.
... Embalmers 305 Doctors and Pathologists 308 Executioners and Gravediggers 309 Conclusion 3¡0 References Bibliography Index 231 233 247 267 275 277 284 290 303 305 313 337 345 Introduction Although civil and legal institutions do not ...
... embalmed. If we die in the wrong place at the wrong time, our body might be cannibalized, get scavenged by animals, or remain unidentified. If we die at the wrong hands, our body may be violated, dismembered, and discarded. Be assured ...
... embalmed corpse. Despite its artful preparation, we compare the casketed body with the living individual and of course find it lacking. There is silence and serenity where a few days before there was conversation and cantankerousness ...
... embalmed elderly relative may imply that death is painless. The bruised face of a beating victim may suggest the opposite. A Halloween skeleton may be only a caricature of bones bleached by the sun, but it o›ers us the gentle chance ...
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Part II The Last Rites of a Corpse | 47 |
Part III The Corpse and the Causes of Death | 105 |
Part IV The Recycling of the Corpse | 175 |
Part V The Keeping of the Corpse | 231 |
Part VI Respect for the Corpse | 275 |
References | 313 |
Bibliography | 337 |
Index | 345 |