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MSC Names
MSC 111 - Names
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Egyptian - God of the Underworld, Judge of Death | Osiris |
| Egyptian - God of Death | Anubis |
| Egyptian - Supervisor of Embalming and Funeral Arrangements | Kher-heb |
| Roman - Head Undertaker | Libitinarius |
| Roman - Predecessor of modern day funeral director | Libitinarius |
| Roman - Goddess of Corpses and Funerals | Libitina |
| Roman - Masters of Ceremonies and Director of Funeral Processions | Designator |
| Roman - Employees of the Libitinarius | Pollinctores |
| First to Mention the Use of Low Temperatures to Slow Decomposition | D'Argellata |
| First Serious Anatomist of the Middle Ages | Mondino de Luzzi |
| System of Venous Injections | Leonardo Da Vinci |
| Father of Histology (Capillaries) | Marcello Malphigi |
| Father of Circulatory System | William Harvey |
| Father of Embalming | Frederick Ruysch |
| First to adopt Arterial Injection for Preservation | Dr William Hunter |
| Discovered the Hunter Canal | John Hunter |
| First to establish and reform public health in Europe | Edwin Chadwick |
| The Edwin Chadwick of the United States | Lemuel Shattuck |
| First to open coffin shop in NYC | John L Dillon |
| Father of Embalming in the US | Dr Thomas Holmes |
| Discovered Formaldehyde | August Hoffman |
| Author of the History of Embalming | Jean Gannal |
| Father of Bacteriology | Anthony Von Leeuwenhoek |
| Patented use of Arsenic-Alcohol Mixture for Embalming | J Anthony Gaussardia |
| Chadwick Report Published | 1842 |
| Received patent for first metallic casket | James Gray |
| Patent Issued for Fisk Metallic Casket | 1848 |
| Introduced Cloth Covered Casket models | Samuel Stein |
| Kimball Cooler | one compartment for the body another for the ice |
| Patented the Body Bag which looked like a giant sack | Dr Thomas Holmes |
| Had the History of Embalming translated into English | Dr Richard Harlan |
| Henry Cartell | Embalmed Abraham Lincoln |
| Patented the Trocar | Samuel Rogers |
| Amount of formaldehyde that is measured in grams and dissolved in 100 ml of water | Formalin |
| Also called METHANAL and formed by oxidizing METHANOL | Formaldehyde |
| Chemical Formula CH20 | Formaldehyde |
| Charon | the ferryman in greek mythology |
| Styx River | river of the dead in greek mythology |
| Charon's Obal | putting of the ferryman's fee in the dead person's mouth |
| Renoaurd, Harlan, Clarke and Johnson Dodge were what? | Pioneers of Mortuary Schools |
| Caisson | Horse drawn carriage |
| James Cunningham; Hudson Samson and Crane & Breed | Innovators of the horse drawn hearse |
| Robert Frederick & CE Trump received patent for what? | Corpse refrigerator |