US156051A - Improvement in embalming or preserving dead bodies - Google Patents
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- 150000001875 compounds Chemical class 0.000 description 10
- BAUYGSIQEAFULO-UHFFFAOYSA-L Iron(II) sulfate Chemical compound [Fe+2].[O-]S([O-])(=O)=O BAUYGSIQEAFULO-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 6
- 239000003610 charcoal Substances 0.000 description 6
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 6
- 210000000664 Rectum Anatomy 0.000 description 4
- 238000009933 burial Methods 0.000 description 4
- 230000000249 desinfective Effects 0.000 description 4
- 238000002845 discoloration Methods 0.000 description 4
- 239000012530 fluid Substances 0.000 description 4
- 239000000203 mixture Substances 0.000 description 4
- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 4
- 206010017711 Gangrene Diseases 0.000 description 2
- 229940098465 Tincture Drugs 0.000 description 2
- QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N ammonia Chemical compound N QGZKDVFQNNGYKY-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 230000002421 anti-septic Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000011248 coating agent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 238000000576 coating method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 239000006071 cream Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000002781 deodorant agent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000012153 distilled water Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000004615 ingredient Substances 0.000 description 2
- PNDPGZBMCMUPRI-UHFFFAOYSA-N iodine Chemical compound II PNDPGZBMCMUPRI-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 239000011630 iodine Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229910052740 iodine Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- ISWSIDIOOBJBQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N phenol Chemical compound OC1=CC=CC=C1 ISWSIDIOOBJBQZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 238000002360 preparation method Methods 0.000 description 2
- 238000004321 preservation Methods 0.000 description 2
- 230000002335 preservative Effects 0.000 description 2
- 239000003755 preservative agent Substances 0.000 description 2
- 239000008234 soft water Substances 0.000 description 2
- 235000015096 spirit Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- 200000000019 wound Diseases 0.000 description 2
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- 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
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- This invention relates to the preservation of deceased human bodies for such purposes as may be required; and it consists in coating the body with a preservative compound, and injecting the same into the openings of the body, as the ears, nostrils, mouth, and rectum, before placing the body in the burial case.
- the compounds used and the process above described serve as a disinfectant, deodorant, and antiseptic of the body.
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Description
UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.
THOMAS H. WHITEHOUSE, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF TWO- THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO THOMAS D. GODMAN AND MICHAEL W. NYE, OF
SAME PLACE.
IMPROVEMENT IN EMBALMING OR RRESERVING DEAD BODIES.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,051, dated October 20,1874; application filed May 7,1874.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, THOMAS H. WHITE- HCUSE, M. D., of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented an Improved Process of Disinfecting and Preserving Deceased Human Bodies from Putrefaction and Discoloration, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to the preservation of deceased human bodies for such purposes as may be required; and it consists in coating the body with a preservative compound, and injecting the same into the openings of the body, as the ears, nostrils, mouth, and rectum, before placing the body in the burial case.
In carrying out my invention, take of the following articles a sufficient quantity about in the proportions named, viz: Pulverized charcoal, four (4) ounces; sulphate of iron, one (1) ounce; hypermanganate of potassa, two ounces, and mix the same with pure soft or distilled water to about the ordinary consistency of cream, and spread the same over the external surface of the body. Then make the mixture somewhat thinner by the addition of pure Water, and by means of a syringe or other suitable apparatus inject this fluid into all the openings of the body, as the ears, nostrils, mouth, rectum, &c., and securely plug them up, so as to prevent the escape of the injected fluid. When the body is thus prepared it is then ready to be placed in the burial case, the bottom and sides of which are first well dusted with a preparation of powdered charcoal and sulphate of iron in about the proportion of two (2) parts of the former to one (1) part of the latter. After being placed in the case, in order to prevent discoloration, the face and hands or exposed parts are coated with a compound of the following ingredients in about the proportions named, viz: Spirits of ammonia, three (3) parts; carbolic acid, two (2) parts 5 and tincture of iodine, seven (7) parts.
The proportions of these several compounds may be somewhat varied, according to the conditions of the body.
The compounds used and the process above described serve as a disinfectant, deodorant, and antiseptic of the body.
I am aware that the compound charcoal,
sulphate of iron, and hypermanganate of potassa has been used externally upon wounds and sores of living persons to prevent gangrene or mortification; but it has never been used in the manner used by me upon the bodies of deceased persons for the purposes described.
I claim as my invention The process of preserving the bodies of deceased persons, substantially as described.
T. H. WHITEHOUSE. Witnesses:
GAS. BIFIELD, W. R. FERTIG.
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Cited By (1)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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| US5200092A (en) * | 1992-06-23 | 1993-04-06 | Carus Corporation | Composition and method for sulfide control |
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| US5200092A (en) * | 1992-06-23 | 1993-04-06 | Carus Corporation | Composition and method for sulfide control |
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