CHAPTER V.. Cases Indicating Absence of Immediate Results.

Cases Indicating Absence of Immediate Results.

In some cases the appearances of the body under treatment may indicate a want of immediate results from the application of the Preservative as the same case would from any kind of treatment. Which may be from the fact that from the nature of the disease or from circumstances connected with the death of the subject, decomposition sets in very rapidly, in some cases the blood and fluids of the body being in a state of rapid progress towards disintegration even before death, and although the Preservative permeates the tissues of the body very readily, the amount of actual contact of it is so limited in proportion to the whole mass of animal matter to be preserved, that some time must be allowed for sufficient saturation.

When such indications appear, do not be discouraged or allow the fears of the friends of the deceased of your ultimate failure deter you, but continue to persist in your work as you have been directed in these pages, neglecting or omitting no part of the process, allowing time enough for thorough saturation of the body with the Preservative, and the case will invariably come out all right, provided that the rules have all been carefully followed, and in fact a body under such careful and persistent treatment will present a better appearance after the third or fourth day than before.

I will here call your attention to the fact, if there are any disagreeable odors in the room when you are first called to attend the dead, a little of the Preservative sprayed about the room will effectually deodorize and disinfect it, rendering it at once pure and wholesome, remembering that the Excelsior Preservative will not stain or injure any clothing or fabric with which it may come in contact.