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Anatomy and Embalming / A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject cover

Anatomy and Embalming / A Treatise on the Science and Art of Embalming, the Latest and Most Successful Methods of Treatment and the General Anatomy Relating to this Subject

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Albert John Nunnamaker
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The work surveys the history of embalming from ancient rites to developments that shaped modern practice, comparing cultural methods and tracing technical evolution. It then presents systematic human anatomy and histology—skin, bones, muscles, organs, and the vascular and lymphatic systems—to ground embalming technique. A final section explains postmortem changes, signs and tests of death, dangers of premature burial, and practical embalming procedures including classifications of arterial fluids and considerations of pathology, bacteriology, and chemistry. Numerous illustrations and procedural guidance support instruction and application for students and practitioners.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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1. View of the skin 36
2. A cross section of the skin 37
3. Lymphatics of the head and neck 45
4. Lymphatics of the leg 46
5. Cross section of the bone 50
6. Section of a nerve fiber 53
7. View of muscle fibers 54
8. Section of artery 58
9. Valves of the veins 60
10. Cross section through a small artery and vein 60
11. Human blood 61
12. The skeleton 69
13. The spine 71
14. The skull 73
15. Brain and spinal cord 80
16. Front view of the thorax 83
17. The cartilages of the larynx, the trachea and bronchi 86
18. The root of the left lung 89
19. A cross section of the heart showing valves 93
20. The right auricle and ventricle laid open 94
21. Passage into trachea and esophagus 98
22. The regions of the abdomen and their contents 102
23. The coeliac axis and its branches 104
24. The caecum and colon laid open to show the ileocaecal valve 110
25. Excretory apparatus of the liver 114
26. The abdominal aorta and its branches 116
27. The peritoneum 120
28. The arch of the aorta and its branches 126
29. The internal carotid and vertebral arteries 127
30. The circle of Willis 128
31. The arteries of the face and scalp 129
32. The external carotid and its branches 129
33. The anterior tibial artery 130
34. The popliteal, posterior tibial, and peroneal arteries 130
35. Capillaries 133
36. Superficial veins of the head and neck 135
37. The internal long saphenous vein 136
38. The superficial veins of the arm 137
39. Vertical section of the skull, showing the sinuses of the duramater 138
40. The sinuses at the base of the skull 139
41. The azygos system and the venae cavae with branches 141
42. The front view of the heart 143
43. The back view of the heart 143
44. Plan of the foetal circulation 145
45. Collateral anastomosis of veins 147
46. The arteries of the neck 226
47. The axillary artery and its branches 232
48. The brachial artery 235
49. The radial and ulnar arteries 240
50. The femoral artery 243