Collier Prof William (1 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. Original red simulated leather (flexible cardboard) covers, 4 ½ x 7 ¾ inches, 149 pp, glossy coated paper, illustrated with frontispiece of author. Very good to near fine. Minor shelf wear, a few drop marks on covers, otherwise tight, clean, paper crisp, unmarked and apparently never read. Per introduction, "It was with the hope of shedding light on embalming and the proper use of embalming fluid and the treatment of obstinate cases in embalming that this little book was written." Sections on the vascular system, important arteries and veins, embalming technique, and perhaps most interesting, the treatment of special cases such as tuberculosis, amputations, infant embalming and elephantiasis, the latter of which includes a detailed case study of the unfortunate Miss Maude Higgins who weighed 825 pounds as a result of the disease and had to be buried in a special coffin in two graves in St. Michael's Cemetery. Author was president of the Collier School of Embalming Technique in NYC. Rare; no copies on OCLC. Funeral parlor; mortician; mortuary science; undertaking; medicine.