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    There are many ways a you can help your loved ones from beyond the grave. Planning ahead for death and the process of dying will reduce stress and leave time for loved ones to grieve. Allowing someone the rights to make healthcare decisions on your behalf is a legal written document called Durable power of attorney health care. This person is able to speak for you in situations where you are unable. For example, if a person is in coma or too ill to understand or speak for themselves, then they…

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    I’m writing about a dirty job of mummification.I think the dirty job of mummification is when they pull out the insides and when they put the body in salt. First of all, a dirty job of mummification is taking the organs out because they pull their lungs,liver,and intestines i know this because in 4th paragraph it states, “the dead person’s lungs,liver,stomach,and intestines.The important organs were each out in their own little pots,called canopic jars.’’ This is one detail another detail is…

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    Crematorium Embalmer: The lady at the crematorium showed us the crematory machine and went through what happened to the bodies inside them. She also went in depth into the world of embalming and how that was done. She showed us the two chemicals added to the bodies in preparation for their funerals, that were preservatives called arterials and formalin. The funeral director also informed us all that when someone loses their teeth to drug addiction, she has a plastic insert that is placed between…

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    Cadavers Symbolism

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    Cadavers in Science: Symbolism in Roach’s Stiff Do you ever wonder what happens after you die? Although no living person has a guarantee of what becomes of your mind and soul, they do know what your body may endure. Mary Roach, author of Stiff, explored the usage of the dead in everything from bullet wounds to anatomy dissection to body decomposition. She also examined the history of corpse studies that lead to safer cars, different methods for disposing of remains, and an increase in forensic…

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    Cadaver Interview

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    In this world of mortals, everything that lies within it is impermanent for everything here on earth has its end. Only death can separate the living from the dead, it is inevitable wherein even the most powerful human being cannot escape from this fate. That is the reason why death is the greatest fear of man for he would never know when and where it will happen thus, this leads him to discover more of his body. Most of us would say that it is not unusual to see a dead body face to face due to…

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    The Book Of The Dead

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    First I’ll give you an introduction to the book of the dead. The book of the dead is a book that contains tons of magic spells that are meant to help a dead person through Duat (The Underworld) and then into the underworld. The Book of the Dead was part of funeral traditions, it includes the Pyramid Texts and the Coffin Texts. The earlier ones were painted on objects, not papyrus. Now I’ll take you on a journey through the book’s timeline. We start at 2,670 BCE, when the concepts that the book…

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    Mummification is a modification of putrefaction characterised by the dehydration of the tissues converting the body into a leathery mass of skin and tendons surrounding the bone. The internal organs are often decomposed but preserved. Skin shrinkage may produce large artefactual splits mimmicking injuries, particularly seen in the groins, around the neck, and the armpits. Mummification develops in conditions of dry heat, especially when there are air currents,e.g. in a desert or inside a…

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    Embalming Pros And Cons

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    Embalming is the process of artificially preserving a corpse from decay by replacing bodily fluids with a formaldehyde-based chemical solution and by preparing it esthetically with cosmetics and styling. Prior to my visits to a funeral home and to the Mount Royal Cemetery, this was a process that I was quite unfamiliar to. It is only after our field trips, and especially after seeing the embalming room and hearing about the process in precise detail, that I became more acquainted with the…

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    The Embalming of Mr. Jones is an article that was written by Jessica Mitford who was born in Basford Mansion, England in 1917. She was born in a very wealthy family but refused to be under her family’s upbringing. She later joined politics and moved to the United States of America as an immigrant. Embalming is simply the process that is carried out between death and the burial of a dead body to preserve it from decomposing, Mitford explains the process that Mr. Jones underwent. In this article,…

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    Burial Burial Benefits

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    The Benefit of Organic Burial Pods Description of the problem: Traditional burials are becoming a problem because with the knowledge of perfected and modernized burials, we could save lives, improve our planet, and increase our life span here on earth. Money, values, and morals are the causes of this problem. People don 't have the resources to bury their dead the way they wish to and modernizing burials is quite expensive technology. Also, people around the world have different values and…

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