Embalming Techniques for Long-Term Preservation of Bodies
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14110%2F20%3A00121012" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14110/20:00121012 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://journal.plastination.org/archive/jp_vol.32.2/jp_vol.32.2_Dec.20_pages9-21.pdf" target="_blank" >http://journal.plastination.org/archive/jp_vol.32.2/jp_vol.32.2_Dec.20_pages9-21.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Embalming Techniques for Long-Term Preservation of Bodies
Original language description
There are only a few methods of preserving bodies that keep them in excellent condition for decades. These methods were developed mostly to sustain the cult of a political leader. Of the long-term embalmed bodies, only V.I. Lenin, Ho Chi Minh, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, the body of Professor Pyrogov, Rosalia Lombardo, and the corpse of a man in the Omsk Anatomical Museum, remain on display. The other bodies were subsequently buried in a tomb. Mention may also be made of the embalmed body of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, exhibited 1989-2012, which was embalmed by Philippine embalmer Frank Malabed. The body was original with a wax mask on his face. The embalming of the Vatican popes is carried out by the funeral home of Signoracci. Embalming solutions contain formaldehyde, ethanol, glycerine, sodium acetate, potassium acetate and thymol, or use paraffin impregnation. In most cases, it is also necessary to maintain standard environmental conditions such as humidity and air temperature. This paper provides an overview of the major and most successful embalming techniques, with a focus on the Soviet-Russian method and its development.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30501 - Forensic science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
The Journal of Plastination
ISSN
2311-7761
e-ISSN
2311-777X
Volume of the periodical
32
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
9-21
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85099802354