AMERICAN SOCIETY OF EMBALMERS

Our society is more mobile - families scattered - hence we have seen an increase in delay between preparation and the date of disposition; more bodies are being shipped both nationally and internationally. I am amazed at the number of unionalls I place on bodies during the course of a year when once this was a rarity. Mild solution of arterial fluid was almost a rule for every situation forty years ago, today we employ higher and higher index fluids, concentrated and waterless solution. It is easy to see that the preparation of the body has also placed time constraints on the embalmer... We have a common interest and that is why the American Society of Embalmers has been founded. We are in our infancy - so we will be taking baby steps to start. We will need the help of interested and dedicated practitioners. Melissa Johnson Williams is the Executive Director. Indefatigable is my one word to describe Melissa. Both her Mother and Father were not only embalmers but mortuary writers and..

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