Mortuary practice books

Contains the stories of the fitness fanatic who was run over as he did pressups in the road on a dark night, the decapitated motorcyclist, the guide dog who led his owner on to the railway tracks - and left him there, and the...

London, 1868: visiting Australian Aboriginal cricketer Charles Rose has died in Guy's Hospital. His body did not go directly to a grave. Possessing the Dead explores the disturbing history of the cadaver trade in Scotland, England...

Suitable for chemistry courses in mortuary science, this book presents various facts of chemistry and the chemical aspects of other sciences related to mortuary science. It aims to follow the recommended course curriculum of the...

This collection explores the behavioral and social facets of funerary, mortuary, and burial rites in both past and present societies.

A collection of photographic portraits of, and interviews with, NYU medical students who volunteered in the New York City Medical Examiner's morgue following 9/11. The author photographed and interviewed the volunteers, asking...

A comprehensive book for the study of pathology and microbiology written for mortuary science students, as a resource for educators, and as a reference for funeral directors and embalmers.

A guide to performing the post mortem. This book covers both the standard evisceration techniques and the many different dissection techniques that may be necessary in a variety of circumstances likely to be encountered by a...

This volume provides a report on the excavation of an important Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Worthy Park, Kingsworthy in Hampshire, and a gazetteer of Anglo-Saxon sites in Hampshire.

This volume of the report on the Temple University excavations at the Minoan cemetery on Pseira, a small island off the northeast coast of Crete, covers the excavation and cleaning of the 19 tombs that still exist at the Pseira...

This volume of the report on the Temple University excavations at the Minoan cemetery on Pseira, a small island off the northeast coast of Crete, covers the methodology that was employed for the investigation, the topography of...

Volume 2 in the series 'Tombs at Giza' contains new information about two tombs of Old Kingdom Egypt originally published by Junker, Seshathetep/Heti (G5150), Nesutnefer (G4970), and a third tomb, Seshemnefer II (G5080), which...

Focuses on the art and science of embalming. This title covers the long history of embalming, explains embalming theory, and describes practice, including the advanced trends. It includes coverage of: Legal, social, and technical...

This CD-ROM holds 30 bodies awaiting death certification. Following a brief patient history, the user must investigate each body system for normal and pathological appearance in order to determine the cause of death.

This CD-ROM holds 30 bodies awaiting death certification. Following a brief patient history, the user must investigate each body system for normal and pathological appearances in order to determine the cause of death.