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The undertakers' manual

Auguste Renouard

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Auguste Renouard wrote for the professional called to the house of the dead. His manual sets out the duties of the undertaker and assistant, the laboratory and the craft of embalming. A candid trade record from the American funeral business. Step into the working world behind the funeral parlor.

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  1. 1THE Undertakers’ Manual: A TREATISE OF USEFUL AND RELIABLE INFORMATION; EMBRACING COMPLETE AND DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF BODIES. ALSO, THE MOST APPROVED EMBALMING METHODS; WITH HINTS ON THE PROFESSION OF UNDERTAKING.
  2. 2TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  3. 3INTRODUCTION.
  4. 4TO THE PROFESSION.
  5. 5UNDERTAKERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS.
  6. 6CONCLUSION.
  7. 7UNDERTAKING.
  8. 8UNDERTAKING AS A PROFESSION,
  9. 9EMBALMING.
  10. 10THE LABORATORY.
  11. 11FOOTNOTES:
  12. 12DRUGS AND CHEMICALS.
  13. 13POST MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.
  14. 14THE RIGOR MORTIS.
  15. 15PRESERVATION OF BODIES.
  16. 16STATE OF THE BODY AFTER DEATH.
  17. 17DEATH FROM POISONING.
  18. 18EMBALMING BODIES.

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