OF EMBALMING, FROM THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIANS DOWN TO OUR DAYS,
p. 89.--Honours of embalming, conferred by other nations
on distinguished men only--Doubts on the efficacy of this
operation--Example of Alexander, and of Ptolemy--Embalming
among the Jews--Embalming of Jesus Christ--Employment of
wax among the Persians--Methods of De Bils, of Ruysch, of
Swammerdam, of Clauderus--Description of the cabinet of
Sieur Desenclosses--Silence regarding the processes of
preservation employed by these authors--Composition of the
balsam given by Penicher--Salt of Clauderus--Brine of Charles
de Maétz--Preservation of the body of Saint Thomas--Formulæ:
balsamic wines, compound brandy, vinegar, cere-cloth--Mixtures
for soaking the linens: liniment, balsamic powders--Various
methods of embalming, to the number of four--Embalming of the
heart--Preservation of the heart of an Abbe--Embalming of Madame
the Dauphine--Reflections.