When it comes to anticorrosion, our anticorrosion technology has a long history. We used chemical methods to preserve the remains more than 2,000 years ago. For example, Mercury, alcohol, ethanol and other chemical ingredients were detected in the liquid in the body of Mawangdui No. 1 tomb. It can be seen that our anti-corrosion technology far earlier than abroad!
Before we touch the embalming, we simply understand the changes in the body, that is, the "corpse phenomenon."
First, body appearance
The corpse phenomenon refers to changes in the body after death, including corpse cooling, lividity, local dryness, muscle relaxation, rigor mortis, and body self-dissolution. It is affected by the cause of death, the body's own conditions, and environmental temperature. These phenomena will occur in each body. In the case of rigor mortis, some bodies do not have this phenomenon.
Muscle relaxation occurs immediately after death and disappears after rigor mortis(1-3 hours after death) occurs.
Lividity is because after the blood circulation stops, the blood will gather at the bottom of the body due to gravity, showing dark red ｏｒ dark purple spots through the skin.
Self-solution is the death of cells, while corruption is the death of bacteria. The development of corruption will occur such as body odor, corpse green, giant view, postmortem vomiting, postmortem delivery and other phenomena. The process of self-soluble and corrupted corpses is not the same. Self-soluble is the internal cause and corruption is the external cause, but the two affect each other and promote the corruption of corpses.
In addition, body corruption is also affected by temperature, humidity, air, cause of death, age, etc., such as the elderly body self-soluble and corruption is relatively slow due to low moisture content.
Anti-corruption techniques
Corrosion is simply to prevent the body from dissolving and corrupting. There are two ways of dealing with chemistry and physics in terms of handling methods. From the anti-corrosion level, there are anti-corrosion, common anti-corrosion, ｏｒ simple anti-corrosion. Slice-grade antisepsis is mainly used for medical teaching and research purposes. There are also relatively high requirements for the medical identification of dead bodies when it comes to abnormal deaths. The general preservation of remains is our common and commonly used physical antisepsis.
Chemical preservatives are mainly used as preservatives. At present, commonly used preservatives include alcohol, glycerol, carbonic acid, aldehydes, and phenols. Researchers also use rare earth ｏｒ salts containing heavy metal elements such as mercury and benzene to antiseptic. Due to the limitations of chemical antiseptic drugs such as their own properties, characteristics and use methods, most of the chemical antiseptic drugs are prepared by mixing multiple drugs to achieve better antiseptic effects.
For example, formaldehyde has a good antiseptic effect, but it has a strong pungent odor. Long-term exposure to such an environment can induce insomnia, bronchitis, cancer, leukemia, and fetal malformations. According to Liuhaiming, unmarried men and women are not recommended to do such work on a permanent basis, especially to ａｌｅｒｔ partners who are pregnant ｏｒ already pregnant.
Physical preservation refers to the freezing and freezing of dead bodies to prevent their corruption. This method is suitable for short-term storage. Personally, I believe that there is no need for embalming for bodies that normally die and are cremated within three days, and that the production and use of preservatives can also cause varying degrees of pollution to the environment. In fact, the marketization trend of funeral may force family members to choose to do simple injection antisepsis(also known as local antisepsis) on the grounds of interest acquisition and risk transfer.
Here, especially emphasize, very very very despise those units ｏｒ individuals who only charge no service!(Liuhaiming's homemade embalming machine)
The body that needs to be preserved for a long period of time needs to be treated with systemic embalming fluid, but systemic infusion requires incision. The purpose of the incision is to facilitate the flow of blood, while accelerating the full and uniform distribution of the embalming fluid in the body by means of a barrel ｏｒ pump. This is better for the embalming effect, but sometimes it is necessary to make many incisions for more demanding bodies such as medical research. To ensure a good embalming effect.(foreign embalming equipment)
The closed embalming technology introduced by Xukangfei and other studies can solve the problems of traditional embalming incision, blood drainage, pollution of the environment and not welcomed by family members. It is said that this technology has opened a new chapter in international embalming technology. Interested friends can read the book in detail.(Xukangfei closed body embalming technology)
Personally, I have always felt that after the death of my loved ones, if I want to do embalming for the recovery of my loved ones and the color and state of their lives, I would rather give up the embalming treatment. From a psychological point of view, I can not bear to allow my own body to inject poison. Even if you go to cremation in a short time, you do not want your loved ones to be tortured again.
Due to the different circumstances of the bodies of different causes of death, the methods used should also be different. Therefore, the operator needs to judge according to the actual situation. This requires the master to impart experience and summarize his own practice. In addition, embalming is the treatment of corpses. At present, most of our regions have not released private disposal rights for corpses. Therefore, most of the current embalming business is carried out in civil affairs units such as funeral homes and funeral service centers. That is to say, this professional counterpart is a funeral home and other units that can handle remains.
The actual work situation of this profession is what you should know before you choose this major, such as poor treatment, harmfulness of drugs, risks caused by anti-corrosion effects, pressure, restrictions on work units, small business volume, and small talent needs. Wait.
According to Liuhaiming, our masters of antiseptics include Shijumei of Suzhou, Shenxianding of Shanghai, Xukangfei of Hangzhou Funeral Parlour, Xiakaibao of Nanjing, Zhang of Wuxi(already dead), Zhang of Wenling, and Yu Ting of Wuxi(not all listed). The rankings are also in no order.) If you meet the masters above, ｏｒ if you can get their advice, you will be able to advance faster.
III. Orthography
Plastic surgery is divided into self-deformities(repair) and external deformities(reconstruction) according to the condition of the body. The self-deformities are relatively simple, and external deformities need to be handled to the form that is close to life. The difficulty is gradually increased from straightening and stitching to repairing.
We often say that plastic surgery refers to re-molding and repair, especially the shape of the head, very difficult. Traditional repairs are partially ｏｒ completely molded with rubber mud ｏｒ gypsum, etc.. Funeral practitioners who come from the university will basically do this, but it is only a question of the degree of similarity after molding.
In the past few years, 3D technology has been used in the funeral industry. The realistic effect of 3D has made me feel the power of technology again. However, 3D technology is costly and increases production time due to fewer equipment. The current popularity is very low. However, it is certain that 3D technology has already had practical applications in head shaping(due to privacy issues can not release actual cases).(Pictures from the application of network 3D technology)
According to Liuhaiming, there have been a few people who have studied plastic surgery in recent years. The training courses are full. In fact, there are relatively few cases of plastic surgery, especially the shaping of the head. It is rare for a place to encounter 1-2 cases a year. It may be that there are too few real opportunities to give birth to the training course fever. In addition, it is also related to the high benefits of plastic surgery..
Before encountering a case of missing head and body parts, 4-6 people completed the work for 12 hours in a row. After the completion of the work, they sat directly on the ground and rested. They did not even have the strength to stand! However, as the operators of the funeral and burial newcomers, they did not care about their own division into fewer problems, but rushed time, high-intensity, careful and meticulous operations until the family members were satisfied. This kind of pay is respect for the family, the deceased, the occupation, and the self.
The masters of the plastic surgery industry mentioned by Liuhaiming include Shanghai's Wang Gang, Wang Shanghaibaoxingxujun, and Changshu Jin Dan. If they encounter them, they will immediately ask the teacher for guidance. If they have the opportunity, they can also ask the master to go to the scene for guidance.
In addition to plastic surgery, makeup is part of it. Compared with plastic surgery, the demand for makeup is extremely high, and every deceased person needs makeup. And the overall difficulty of makeup is lower than that of plastic surgery.
In short, anticorrosion and plastic surgery are technical services in funerals and burials. They require operators to continuously self-study to improve their technology. In addition to the necessary theoretical knowledge, more must be done by themselves. Finally, thank you for the support of Liuhaiming, the Chinese life volunteer. If there is anything wrong with the article, please ask Haihan!