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  2. Thomas Holmes (mortician) - Wikipedia

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    Immediately prior to the American Civil War, Holmes experimented with arterial embalming based on the earlier work of Jean-Nicolas Gannal of Paris. Through this experimentation, he developed an arterial solution, which went on to be manufactured commercially and was sold for $3.00 per1-US-gallon (3.8 L), and injection apparatus.

  3. Embalming - Wikipedia

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    Pottery, dishes, and other miscellaneous items from the embalming cache of Tutankhamun. While the term embalming is used for both ancient and modern methods of preserving a deceased person, there is very little connection between the modern-day practices of embalming and ancient methods in terms of techniques or final aesthetic results.

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  5. Jean-Nicolas Gannal - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Nicolas Gannal was succeeded in his embalming business by a son and a grandson. In 1903, their company embalmed the body of Elie Faure , the famous historian of art. According to the company's records, the Gannal process was used to embalm the bodies of Hortense Schneider , Anna de Noailles , Paul Doumer , maréchal Joffre and many other ...

  6. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    World History Encyclopedia. "The methods of embalming". Egyptian Mummies. Smithsonian Institution. Pruitt, Sarah (30 August 2018). "Scientists reveal inside story of ancient Egyptian animal mummies". History. "Egyptian animals were mummified same way as humans". National Geographic. 15 September 2004. Archived from the original on November 13, 2018

  7. Desmond Henley - Wikipedia

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    He also taught embalming techniques, embalming fluid formulas as well as disaster management to funeral directors. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In an interview published in 1998, Henley expressed doubts that the mummification of Lenin 's body in Moscow was indeed as permanent as claimed by the Russian authorities.

  8. Frederik Ruysch - Wikipedia

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    The injection gave many specimens a reddish, almost lively expression. Thanks to this technique, observers could visualize and dissect even the smallest blood vessels, which was a groundbreaking technique in the 17th century. Ruysch's revolutionary embalming techniques also allowed for the corpses to be preserved for a greater period of time.

  9. Alfredo Salafia - Wikipedia

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    Alfredo Salafia (November 7, 1869 – January 31, 1933) was a Sicilian embalmer and taxidermist of the 1900s.. In December 1920, he embalmed a little girl, Rosalia Lombardo, in Palermo, Sicily at her father's request.