I think a lot of people are afraid of death there’s always still that
death there’s always still that
death there’s always still that underlying fear that everyone has is to
underlying fear that everyone has is to
underlying fear that everyone has is to you know is there gonna is it gonna be
you know is there gonna is it gonna be
you know is there gonna is it gonna be painful or you know scarier or how am I
painful or you know scarier or how am I
painful or you know scarier or how am I gonna die
gonna die
gonna die it’s the mystery of the unknown that
it’s the mystery of the unknown that
it’s the mystery of the unknown that scares people I think to understand how
scares people I think to understand how
scares people I think to understand how many Americans deal with their dead
many Americans deal with their dead
many Americans deal with their dead there may be no better place to visit
there may be no better place to visit
there may be no better place to visit than the oldest embalming school in the
than the oldest embalming school in the
than the oldest embalming school in the u.s. the Cincinnati College of mortuary
u.s. the Cincinnati College of mortuary
u.s. the Cincinnati College of mortuary science or CCMS since 1882 generation
science or CCMS since 1882 generation
science or CCMS since 1882 generation after generation of morticians and
after generation of morticians and
after generation of morticians and training have come to CCMS to become
training have come to CCMS to become
training have come to CCMS to become experts in the american rituals of death
experts in the american rituals of death
experts in the american rituals of death and burial my friends when I told him
and burial my friends when I told him
and burial my friends when I told him that I was going into the funeral
that I was going into the funeral
that I was going into the funeral business they all just kind of give me
business they all just kind of give me
business they all just kind of give me the same look like you want to work with
the same look like you want to work with
the same look like you want to work with dead people erricka Kaiser’s uncle owns
dead people erricka Kaiser’s uncle owns
dead people erricka Kaiser’s uncle owns a funeral home where she worked during
a funeral home where she worked during
a funeral home where she worked during college there’s so many ghost stories
college there’s so many ghost stories
college there’s so many ghost stories and misconceptions about the the field
and misconceptions about the the field
and misconceptions about the the field that and people are just too afraid to
that and people are just too afraid to
that and people are just too afraid to find out what it’s all about
find out what it’s all about
find out what it’s all about all cultures have ways of handling dead
all cultures have ways of handling dead
all cultures have ways of handling dead bodies but most american christians
bodies but most american christians
bodies but most american christians don’t realize that how they treat their
don’t realize that how they treat their
don’t realize that how they treat their dead makes them different from nearly
dead makes them different from nearly
dead makes them different from nearly every other culture in the world america
every other culture in the world america
every other culture in the world america is one of the few places where corpses
is one of the few places where corpses
is one of the few places where corpses are routinely embalmed american funeral
are routinely embalmed american funeral
are routinely embalmed american funeral directors know that their clients want
directors know that their clients want
directors know that their clients want the dead to look as they did in life I
the dead to look as they did in life I
the dead to look as they did in life I think in the eyes of a family they want
think in the eyes of a family they want
think in the eyes of a family they want to see their loved one in a very natural
to see their loved one in a very natural
to see their loved one in a very natural peaceful state in the US the goal of
peaceful state in the US the goal of
peaceful state in the US the goal of embalmers is not just a disguise
embalmers is not just a disguise
embalmers is not just a disguise power but to stop its inevitable
power but to stop its inevitable
power but to stop its inevitable destruction in its tracks
destruction in its tracks
destruction in its tracks this body donated to the school is
this body donated to the school is
this body donated to the school is already decomposing but Erica and her
already decomposing but Erica and her
already decomposing but Erica and her classmates will stop the decay for as
classmates will stop the decay for as
classmates will stop the decay for as long as a few years by injecting the
long as a few years by injecting the
long as a few years by injecting the corpse with several gallons of a
corpse with several gallons of a
corpse with several gallons of a chemical preservative based on
chemical preservative based on
chemical preservative based on formaldehyde this American practice of
formaldehyde this American practice of
formaldehyde this American practice of lutein Lee embalming the dead would be
lutein Lee embalming the dead would be
lutein Lee embalming the dead would be taboo in many other cultures even in
taboo in many other cultures even in
taboo in many other cultures even in mortuary school embalming is practically
mortuary school embalming is practically
mortuary school embalming is practically a ritual with clearly defined steps
a ritual with clearly defined steps
a ritual with clearly defined steps first the body is cleaned and prepped
first the body is cleaned and prepped
first the body is cleaned and prepped mouths pleasure it’s crucial to get that
mouths pleasure it’s crucial to get that
mouths pleasure it’s crucial to get that very natural next the embalmers locate
very natural next the embalmers locate
very natural next the embalmers locate the blood vessel in which they will pump
the blood vessel in which they will pump
the blood vessel in which they will pump the formaldehyde solution and you have
the formaldehyde solution and you have
the formaldehyde solution and you have to work your way through that and go
to work your way through that and go
to work your way through that and go ahead and cut the artery as the
ahead and cut the artery as the
ahead and cut the artery as the embalming fluid enters the body it
embalming fluid enters the body it
embalming fluid enters the body it displaces the blood which escapes
displaces the blood which escapes
displaces the blood which escapes through an incision usually in the
through an incision usually in the
through an incision usually in the jugular vein almost immediately the
jugular vein almost immediately the
jugular vein almost immediately the corpse begins to harden this may seem
corpse begins to harden this may seem
corpse begins to harden this may seem like a process dreamed up by a mad
like a process dreamed up by a mad
like a process dreamed up by a mad scientist but in reality embalming has
scientist but in reality embalming has
scientist but in reality embalming has deep historical and religious roots in
deep historical and religious roots in
deep historical and religious roots in America embalming arose not from a quest
America embalming arose not from a quest
America embalming arose not from a quest for immortality but from perhaps the
for immortality but from perhaps the
for immortality but from perhaps the nation’s greatest tragedy the Civil War
nation’s greatest tragedy the Civil War
nation’s greatest tragedy the Civil War modern embalming techniques had just
modern embalming techniques had just
modern embalming techniques had just been invented when hundreds of thousands
been invented when hundreds of thousands
been invented when hundreds of thousands of young men began dying on battlefields
of young men began dying on battlefields
of young men began dying on battlefields far from home for the first time
far from home for the first time
far from home for the first time soldiers families could request that the
soldiers families could request that the
soldiers families could request that the bodies of their sons and husbands be
bodies of their sons and husbands be
bodies of their sons and husbands be preserved and returned for burial there
preserved and returned for burial there
preserved and returned for burial there were many who welcomed the new technique
were many who welcomed the new technique
were many who welcomed the new technique as a godsend
as a godsend
as a godsend many Christians saw embalming as a
many Christians saw embalming as a
many Christians saw embalming as a perfect fit with their religious beliefs
perfect fit with their religious beliefs
perfect fit with their religious beliefs in which the body and the spirit would
in which the body and the spirit would
in which the body and the spirit would be reunited at the resurrection as
be reunited at the resurrection as
be reunited at the resurrection as diverse as the rituals we practice to
diverse as the rituals we practice to
diverse as the rituals we practice to honor the dead to heal our grief we
honor the dead to heal our grief we
honor the dead to heal our grief we united in our need to mark this most
united in our need to mark this most
united in our need to mark this most final all life
final all life
final all life and to attempt to make sense of what
and to attempt to make sense of what
and to attempt to make sense of what must remain a mystery
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