We present this interesting note on the petrification of corpses, published in 1890 in the Italian Journal of Natural Sciences. After a brief review of the oldest forms of embalming, the author, Michele Martone, presents petrification as the only way to obtain the perfect conservation of the corpse. CONCLUSION: This scientific note presents some considerations regarding the constant search of humanity to arrest, if not the death of a person, the decomposition of their body.

To Save a Corpse from Decomposition - the Purpose of Petrification in the Second Half of the 19th Century / Licata, M.; Rossetti, C.; Tesi, C.; Larentis, O.; Fusco, R.; Ciliberti, R.. - In: ACTA MEDICA ACADEMICA. - ISSN 1840-1848. - ELETTRONICO. - 48:3(2019), pp. 328-331. [10.5644/ama2006-124.275]

To Save a Corpse from Decomposition - the Purpose of Petrification in the Second Half of the 19th Century

Larentis O.;
2019-01-01

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We present this interesting note on the petrification of corpses, published in 1890 in the Italian Journal of Natural Sciences. After a brief review of the oldest forms of embalming, the author, Michele Martone, presents petrification as the only way to obtain the perfect conservation of the corpse. CONCLUSION: This scientific note presents some considerations regarding the constant search of humanity to arrest, if not the death of a person, the decomposition of their body.
2019
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Licata, M.; Rossetti, C.; Tesi, C.; Larentis, O.; Fusco, R.; Ciliberti, R.
To Save a Corpse from Decomposition - the Purpose of Petrification in the Second Half of the 19th Century / Licata, M.; Rossetti, C.; Tesi, C.; Larentis, O.; Fusco, R.; Ciliberti, R.. - In: ACTA MEDICA ACADEMICA. - ISSN 1840-1848. - ELETTRONICO. - 48:3(2019), pp. 328-331. [10.5644/ama2006-124.275]
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