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  2. 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.

  3. Disembowelment - Wikipedia

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    The process of embalming sometimes includes removing the internal organs. Mummification, especially as practiced by the ancient Egyptians, entailed the removal of internal organs prior to the preservation of the remainder of the body. The removed organs were embalmed, stored in canopic jars and then placed in the tomb with the body.

  4. Ancient Egyptian funerary practices - Wikipedia

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    The second, moderately expensive option for mummification did not involve an incision into the abdominal cavity or the removal of the internal organs. Instead, the embalmers injected the oil of a cedar tree into the body, which prevented liquid from leaving the body.

  5. Disposal of human corpses - Wikipedia

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    Mummification is the drying bodies and removing of organs. The most famous practitioners were ancient Egyptians. In the Egyptian practices, bodies are embalmed using resins and organs are removed and placed in jars. Bodies are then wrapped in bandages and placed in tombs, along with the jars of organs. [27]

  6. Corpse decomposition - Wikipedia

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    A fresh pig carcass. At this stage the remains are usually intact and free of insects. The corpse progresses through algor mortis (a reduction in body temperature until ambient temperature is reached), rigor mortis (the temporary stiffening of the limbs due to chemical changes in the muscles), and livor mortis (pooling of the blood on the side of the body that is closest to the ground).

  7. Military kept hundreds of organs after performing autopsies ...

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    The military’s medical examiner retained hundreds of organs removed during autopsies — including people’s brains and hearts — frequently without notifying family members or, in some ...

  8. Florida surgeon mistakenly removes patient's liver instead of ...

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    “The surgeon proceeded with labeling the removed liver specimen as a 'spleen,' and it wasn’t until following the death that it was identified that the organ removed was actually Mr. Bryan’s ...

  9. Man sues hospital; claims wrong organ was removed during surgery

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    A man is suing a hospital and two surgeons for medical malpractice after he went to the emergency room for appendicitis and ended up having part of his colon removed.