Embalming Requires A Strong Stomach She’s a mortician who uses eye caps to keep dead people's eyes shut. Kari answers some of your most asked questions about how people are prepared after death. | seen.tv

This one gets a little gnarly, so if you’re squeamish about dead bodies you might want to sit it out. But @victor.m.sweeney is nothing if not a professional so he keeps his cool while explains the nitty gritty of the embalming process. The steps that funeral directors take to prepare a body for viewing and burial may seem intense at times, but it’s all to keep everyone safe and give comfort to the grieving friends and family left behind. Watch as Victor walks us through the steps of an embalming

Her initial fear of death led this woman to a career of embalming dead bodies for a living. Meet Miranda, the 30-year-old mortician. | Refinery29

Check out my embalming history display #funeralhistory | Fun Funeral Facts

In 1920, a grieving father in Sicily lost daughter to the Spanish flu just days before her second birthday. Her name was Rosalia Lombardo. Heartbroken and unable to accept her death, he turned to a skilled embalmer, Alfredo Salafia, asking him to preserve her body. What followed would become one of the most extraordinary cases of embalming in modern history. He injected a carefully balanced chemical formula, including formalin to kill bacteria, glycerin to prevent excessive drying, salicylic aci