EMBALMING

method of preserving dead bodies from corruption by means of aromatic and antiseptic preparations. The art was carried to a high state of perfection by the ancient Egyptians, and some of the bodies which have been thus preserved date back to 3600 B.O. The intestines were removed by means of an incision in the left side, the cavity filled with myrrh and ca ia; the body afterwards being steeped for about seventy days in a preservative liquid, oth. Ny