| PAGE. | |
| Introduction, | iii |
| To the Profession, | vii |
| Undertaking as a Profession, | 5 |
| Embalming, | 12 |
| The Laboratory, | 17 |
| Drugs and Chemicals, | 21 |
| Post Mortem Examinations, | 30 |
| Preservation of Bodies, | 36 |
| State of Body after Death, | 41 |
| Death from Poisoning, | 44 |
| Embalming Bodies, | 49 |
| The Arterial System, | 56 |
| Animal Matter, | 64 |
| Thrombosis and Embolism, | 70 |
| Process of Embalming, | 76 |
| Explanation of Terms, | 91 |
| Of Animal Chemistry—Section one, | 96 |
| ” ” Section two, | 115 |
| Gannal’s Process of Embalming, | 123 |
| Embalming by Maceration, | 128 |
| Laws of Health, | 130 |
| Embalming Process of Worth and Durand, | 142 |
| Miscellaneous Duties, | 146 |
| Rapid Decay of the Human Structure, | 157 |
| Practices which must be Abolished, | 169 |
| Management of an Undertaking Establishment, | 175 |
| Modifications in Embalming Bodies, | 182 |
| Chlorine: its Properties and Uses, | 186 |
| Instruments, | 191 |
| Gaseous Compounds, | 197 |
| General View of the Circulating Apparatus, | 200 |
| Glossary and Index, | 209 |