The champion text-book on embalming; a comprehensive treatise on the science and art of embalming, giving the latest and most sucessful methods of treatment, including descriptive by Myers Eliab

Author:Myers, Eliab
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Embalming
Publisher: Springfield, Ohio, The Champion chemical co.
Published: 1908-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

part of the body, but most frequently the lungs and pleurae are involved. The pleural cavities may contain a large amount of purulent matter, and large abscesses may be found in the lungs, and even gangrene may be present. Abscesses may be found in the liver, kidneys, and spleen. Pus will be found frequently on the surface, and in the Haversian cauals of the bones; it also forms, at times, in the joints. Pyemic blood is usually normal, but it may contain the ro<l=bacteria ; in the latter case the diser.se might be termed septopyemia.

Treatment. —In cases where the blood does not contain the rod=bacteria, putrefaction will not follow as quickly as in septicemia, but the treatment must be just as thorough, because, when rigor mortis passes off, putrefaction will be very rapid. In those cases where rod=bacteria are found in the blood, and the blood has that peculiar, putrefactive smell, the treatment should be heroic, and should follow as soon after death as possible. This is best done by raising the femoral vein and artery, which can be done through the same incision. Fluid can be injected through the femoral artery, and, the femoral vein being the most dependent, more blood can be withdrawn through it than through any other. A short vein= tube, sufficiently long to pass beyond Poupart's ligament as far as the common iliac, is all that is needed. It should be introduced into the vein and tied, directing the outer end into a vessel. The blood in these cases is as thin as water and will escape without the use of the atmospheric pump, gravity being sufficient. The injection of fluid can be begun at once. Enough fluid should be injected to till every tissue of the body. The introduction of fluid will cause the blood to flow more freely by making pressure upon the capillaries and smaller veins and the peripheral portions of the circulation.

It will be well to inject enough fluid to make the entire circuit of the circulation. Fill the alimentary canal with fluid ; also the peritoneal, pleural, and pericardial sacs. Enough fluid should be injected through the trachea to reach the abscesses within the lungs. Before proceeding to inject the body,

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