What is balsaming?
Balzing is a process of canning the corpse, usually so that it can be displayed at the funeral ceremony. In general, when balsaming does not occur within a few days after the death of a person, their body begins to decompose. To ensure that this is not the case, the preservation of chemicals will be used so that it can be on the body of the deceased on the funeral with an open porridge.
The balsam process has a very long history that dates back to the Egyptian process of mummification. Although their techniques were quite different from the techniques that were used today, the effect was the same - to maintain the body of the individual after death. In the case of ancient Egyptians, they believed that the spirit would return to the body after death, so they had to stay in good condition. To retain the corpses, they covered the bodies in the drying chemicals called the natron and then wrapped them in canvas leaves.
Today, balsaming is done by injection of chemicals directly into the bloodstream to preserve the discovery of the corpse. Most commonly used chemicals for balsamatedThey are formaldehyde and ethanol. The combination of these two chemicals is sufficient to maintain the body for a short time; If you want to keep it in good condition for a long time, you would use a solution made up almost exclusively with formaldehyde.
Modern balsaming appeared during the American Civil War, in which many soldiers died in battle far from their families. Families wanted for their beloved funeral of an open coffin, and therefore the techniques were approved to make the body look as close as possible to the funeral.
A few steps are involved in modern balsaming. First, the balsam fluid is injected directly into the blood vessels and pushed through the body through a mechanical pump. Then the internal organs are excavated their contents and full balsam fluids. The chemicals are poured, where it is necessary, injected under the skin, followed by the final embalming of the surface on the injured areas of the body.
one of notLavy balsamized corpses are Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin, whose balsam corpse is exhibited at Mausoleum Red Square in Moscow. The curators in the mausoleum say that the corpse is very well preserved and should last for at least another hundred years.