METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR EMBALMING

摘要

A method for and a preservative composition for use in embalming a dead body to temporarily maintain a desirable state of non-decomposition. The method comprises the steps of draining blood from the circulatory system of a dead body; and injecting a preservative composition into a drained circulatory system of the dead body. The preservative composition consisting essentially from 10 to 40 % of each of the following components: (a) a material selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, the sodium and the potassium salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (b) a material selected from the group consisting of citric acid, the sodium and potassium salts thereof and mixtures thereof; (c) a material selected from the group consisting of sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate and mixtures thereof; and (d) material selected from the group consisting of sodium and potassium sulfite, bisulfite, and metabisulfite and mixtures thereof. The inventive preservative composition may further include skin treatment components comprises at least one of lanolin, carboxymethylcellulose, methymethacrylate gel, humectants, hydrolyzed proteins and a liquid crystalline carrier.