Table of Contents
Foreword Preface Acknowledgments
PART I. THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OFEMBALMING
Section I:
1. Embalming: Social, Psychological, Ethical, andRegulatory Considerations
2. Fundamentals of Embalming
3. Personal Health and Regulatory Standards
4. The Preparation Room
5. Death—Agonal and Postmortem Changes
6. Embalming Chemicals
7. Use of Embalming Chemicals
8. Anatomical Considerations
9. Embalming Vessel Sites and Selections
10. Embalming Analysis
11. Preparation of the Body Prior to Arterial Injection
12. Injection and Drainage Techniques
13. Distribution and Diffusion of Arterial Solution
14. Cavity Embalming
15. Treatments after Arterial Injection
16. General Body Considerations
17. Preparation of Autopsied Bodies
18. Preparation of Organ and Tissue Donors
19. Delayed Embalming
20. Discolorations
21. Moisture Considerations
22. Vascular Considerations
23. Effect of Drugs on the Embalming Process
24. Selected Conditions
25. Embalming for Delayed Viewing, Re-embalming of the Body, Embalming for Shipping, and Shipped-In Bodies
Section II. The Origin and History of Embalming, Edward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa Johnson
PART II. RESTORATIVE ART AND MORTUARY COSMETOLOGYSection I. Restorative Art
Restorative Art—Part 1
Restorative Art—Part 2
Restorative Art—Part 3—Mortuary Cosmetology
Section II. History of Modern Restorative Art, Edward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson, and Melissa J. Williams
PART III. SELECTED READINGS AND GLOSSARY
SECTION I. Selected Readings
Summary of Guidelines Submitted to OSHA from the National Funeral Directors Association Committee on Infectious Disease (Summer, 1989)
Armed Services Specification for Mortuary Services (Care of Remains of Deceased Personnel and Regular and Port of Entry Requirements for Caskets and Shipping Cases). Appendix D, Federal Acquisition Regulation AR 638-2.9, February 1996
Identification: An Essential Part of What We Do The Mathematics of Embalming Chemistry: Part I. A Critical Evaluation of "One-Bottle" Embalming Chemical Claims The Measurement of Formaldehyde Retention in the Tissues of Embalmed Bodies The Two-Year Fix: Long-Term Preservation for Delayed Viewing Occupational Exposure to Formaldehyde in Mortuaries The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Formaldehyde (Is It Good or Is It Evil?)
The Preparation Room: Ventilation Risk of Infection and Tracking Work-related Infectious Diseases in the Funeral Industry Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A Comprehensive Guide for Healthcare Personnel, Section 3—Information for Embalmers Hepatitis from A to G The Increase in MRSA and VRE The Antimicrobial Activity of Embalming Chemicals and Topical Disinfectants on the Microbial Flora of Human Remains The Microbiologic Evaluation and Enumeration of Postmortem Specimens from Human Remains Professional Hair Care for Human Remains Fountain's Method of Management Techniques for the Eyes Enhance Emaciated Features Arterially Using Split Injection and Restricted Drainage Embalming—United Kingdom and European The Art of Embalming and its Purpose
Section II. Glossary
Index
Robert G. Mayer
Licensed Embalmer and Funeral Director
Pittsburgh, PA
Adjunct Professor
Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science
Pittsburgh, PA
With a foreword by
John D. Reed, Sr., CFSP, CPC
Funeral Director—Embalmer
Dodd and Reed Funeral Home
Webster Springs, WV
Past President—National Funeral Directors Association
Brookfield, WI
