Principals of Embalming 1 – AAMI Questions With Complete Solutions

Leonardo da Vinci -ANSWER Great Italian sculptor and painter who produced hundreds of anatomical plates as a result of his dissection of more than 30 bodies. Dr. Frederick Ruysch -ANSWER Father of Embalming. Credited with being first to use a form of arterial injection as a means of preservation. Dr. William Harvey -ANSWER Discovered the circulation of blood. Gabriel Clauderus -ANSWER Developed a method of embalming without evisceration. Dr. William Hunter -ANSWER credited as the first to successfully adopt arterial injection because he documented the procedure. He used the femoral artery. Dr. John Hunter -ANSWER lecturer on regional anatomy. had a region of the body named in his honor. Jean Gannal -ANSWER French chemist who devoted his time to devising an improved method of preserving cadavers for anatomical purposes. Jean Gannal -ANSWER Became indirectly responsible for the passage of the first law prohibiting the use of arsenic in embalming solutions. Auguste Renouard -ANSWER First major figure to provide embalming instruction for undertakers in the U.S