April 2022 – Death Caring Collective

2022-04-29

Embalming

Embalming is the art and science of preserving a human body after death to delay decomposition. This practice goes back thousands of years. The Egyptians had elaborate rituals for their pharaohs that included embalming, believing the soul would return to the body, but only if it could recognize the body it belonged to. In the 17th and 18th centuries in…

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2022-04-15

Physical Changes in Dying

My first experience with the death of a loved one was unnerving. I did not know how to interpret the physical and mental changes I witnessed. I had no capacity to learn about death while it was unfolding before me; it was difficult enough just to be there. In bringing a baby into the world, there are opportunities to take…

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Embalming

Physical Changes in Dying

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