FSE 112 Questions and Answers coffin ✔✔a case or receptacle for dead human remains which is anthropoidal in shape. casket ✔✔rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and which is usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, plastic, or like material, and ornamented and lined with fabric. Burial Cases ✔✔ Cooling board ✔✔portable table on which the body was placed while the corpse cooler was in use; later became the embalming table when embalming was done in the home of the deceased. Natron ✔✔A type of salt used to dry out the body Corpse cooler ✔✔type of ice chest placed over the torso the body in order to slow down the process of decomposition prior to the funeral. It was typically a responsibility of the undertaker to provide ice and change the ice when it melted. The Ogee ✔✔an "S" shaped molding that is a component part of the casket cap Concrete burial vault ✔✔definition: two pieces consisting of a base and cap; may or may not be internally reinforced with smooth steel bar or rebar; typically lined with a material designed to further strengthen the structure and to resist the entry of water; can be reinforced with welded wire fabric Elysian Fields ✔✔the abode of the blessed after death Bubonic Plague ✔✔disease brought to Europe from the Mongols during the Middle Ages. It killed 1/3 of the population and helps end Feudalism. Rats, f leas. metal burial vaults ✔✔ Paganism ✔✔any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism Heathenism ✔✔Practice of the Asatru Germanic system of belief. Anthropomorphic ✔✔attributing human characteristics or qualities to objects, animals, or gods memorial societies ✔✔cooperative programs providing simple, dignified funerals at low cost Trapazae ✔✔square cut tombs FSE 112 Questions and Answers Stelae ✔✔an upright stone slab or column typically bearing a commemorative inscription or relief design, often serving as a gravestone. Crane and Breed ✔✔1893 hearse company Origin of the word Funeral ✔✔ effigy ✔✔A crude image or figure Style "E" Caske t ✔✔ Fisk Metallic Burial Case ✔✔Designed to reduce air space and preserve remains "Folk way of living" ✔✔ canopic jars ✔✔Jars in which the ancient Egyptians preserved the internal organs of a deceased person usually for burial with the mummy. Side Ser vice Hearse ✔✔ Combination Car ✔✔ Hieroglyphics ✔✔An ancient Egyptian writing system in which pictures were used to represent ideas and sounds The Trocar ✔✔sharply pointed surgical instrument used in cavity embalming to aspirate the cavities and inject cavity fluid; the trocar may also be used for supplemental hypodermic embalming First US Crematory ✔✔ Dr. Julius LeMoyne ✔✔Built first American crematory in 1876 for his own cremation John Hunter ✔✔Founder of scientific surgery Leonardo da Vinci ✔✔Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect Clauderus ✔✔Established a method of embalming without evisceration: William Harvey ✔✔English physician and scientist who described the circulation of the blood Ruysche ✔✔