Cases Indicating Absence of Immediate Results.
In some cases the appearances of the body under treatment may indicate a
want of immediate results from the application of the Preservative as
the same case would from any kind of treatment. Which may be from the
fact that from the nature of the disease or from circumstances connected
with the death of the subject, decomposition sets in very rapidly, in
some cases the blood and fluids of the body being in a state of rapid
progress towards disintegration even before death, and although the
Preservative permeates the tissues of the body very readily, the amount
of _actual contact of it_ is so limited in proportion to the whole mass
of animal matter to be preserved, that some time must be allowed for
_sufficient saturation_.
When such indications appear, do not be discouraged or allow the fears
of the friends of the deceased of your ultimate failure deter you, but
continue to persist in your work as you have been directed in these
pages, neglecting or omitting no part of the process, allowing time
enough for _thorough saturation_ of the body with the Preservative, and
the case will invariably come out all right, provided that the rules
have all been carefully followed, and in fact a body under such careful
and persistent treatment will present a better appearance after the
third or fourth day than before.
I will here call your attention to the fact, if there are any
disagreeable odors in the room when you are first called to attend the
dead, a little of the Preservative sprayed about the room will
effectually deodorize and disinfect it, rendering it at once pure and
wholesome, remembering that the Excelsior Preservative will not stain or
injure any clothing or fabric with which it may come in contact.
[Illustration: [Fleuron]]