The Gannal process : by which the progress of decay is arrested, the causes of contagion or infection prevented, and the necessity of embalming superseded.

  • George Smith
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[1840]
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Credit: The Gannal process : by which the progress of decay is arrested, the causes of contagion or infection prevented, and the necessity of embalming superseded. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    6 THE GANNAL PROCESS^A 91 )|] arije ©rogrese of I9ei:a» is arrrsteOj^/ THE CAUSES OF CONTAGION OR INFECTION PREVENTED; AND THE NECESSn'Y OF EMBAIiMING SX7PERSEDED. 4, John Street, Ouford Street. Augmt, 1, 1840. In no country, it is believed, i^^uiore decent and national respect paid to the olpservaj^tfie'^'every ceremony ^Yhicl^ concerns the Remains of a -Becea^^^lelative or Friend, than in England; seeinsi; that, in no country, the feeling of tender regard to tl%-iiieiaory of :.bb(S!fc*&'eparted is more affectionately cherished : and, if this has hitherto fceett thj; characteristic of Englishmen, it will be acknowledged that it is especially so at the present moment; when, iu. conse- quence of the increased population of the country, and the consequent crowded condition of the receptacles till now appropriated to the dead, Cemeteries are in progress of erection, not only in the environs of this great metropolis, but of most of the large cities and towns of the Ugnited Kingdom. At such a moment, and under such circumstane can be httle doul)te^l, that a determination, on the partf^ the