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Focuses on the treatment by the living of the dead, over time and across cultures. Burial arrangements and preparations are detailed, including embalming, the funeral service, storage and transport of the body, and forms of burial. Autopsies and the investigative process of causes of deliberate death are covered.

The Corpse A History

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A Paperback by Christine Quigley

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    Publisher: McFarland & Company
    Publication Date: 8/31/2005 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780786424498, 978-0786424498
    ISBN10: 0786424494
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    Book Synopsis
    Focuses on the treatment by the living of the dead, over time and across cultures. Burial arrangements and preparations are detailed, including embalming, the funeral service, storage and transport of the body, and forms of burial. Autopsies and the investigative process of causes of deliberate death are covered.

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