Mort 203 EXAM #2 2024 STUDY GUIDE
SOLUTIONS
Defines this person as skilled in the management of the funeral procession - ANSWER-Funeral
director
Translated the french Gannal's History of Embalming - ANSWER-Dr Richard Harlan
These individual received a patent for a "Refrigerator for corpses" - ...
5. Sawdust and tar "embalming" & submerging in wine and spirits & alcohol - ANSWER✔✔-Early
colonists embalming (Crude methods of preservation)
Received the first patent on a metallic coffin in 1836 - ANSWER✔✔-James A. Gray of Richmond
"An air-tight coffin of cast or raised metal" patented in 1848 - ANSWER✔✔-The Fisk Metallic Coffin
In the ___________ of america the old fashioned coffin slowly transformed into the modern casket -
ANSWER✔✔-19th century (casket)
Goals
A. Increased utility
B. Importance of the deceased and their family
C. Protection from graverobbers
D. Forces of dissolution - ANSWER✔✔-Coffin and casket makers had goals that included
American burial built a solid pattern of its own upon its simple ___________ foundation - ANSWER✔✔-
Judeo-Christian-English
The period of westward expansion following the ___________ was marked by the rapid growth and
spread of coffin shops focused exclusively on the production of burial receptacles, and by the beginning
of coffin warehouses - ANSWER✔✔-War of 1812
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