A refrigerator for arresting decomposition of the dead / [James Lamb Forrest].

  • Forrest, James Lamb.
Date:
1894
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Credit: A refrigerator for arresting decomposition of the dead / [James Lamb Forrest]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    K° 7397 A.D. 1894 Date of Application, 13th Apr., 1894 Complete Specification Left, 2nd July, 1894—Accepted, 4th Aug., 1894 PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. A Refrigerator for Arresting Decomposition of tlie Dead. James Lamb Forrest Undertaker 206 Hyde Road Ardwick Manchester. I do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :— A refrigerater in two parts one part to rest upon the laying out board and the other to be placed over the stomach so as to form a complete circle around the body 5 after it has been laid out. The object of the refrigerater is to lower the temperature of the body so as to prevent fermentation which is the cause of decomposition. The said refrigerater can be made as follows. First we have two glass vessels blown in a mould to the required shapes, one being made 16 inches long x 14 in. broad & 5 in. deep at sides & 1 \ in. deep in the centre of the ends gradually riseing in 10 concave shape untill it reaches the same depth as the sides where they come to a point. A 3 in. hole is left in one end through which the vessel can be charged. This we call the bottom part to be placed on the laying oat board. The top part is made 14 in. long x 14 in. broad & 2 inches deep in the centre of the ends tapering to a point at the sides. This vessel is made concave on the under side & 15 convex on the top (viewing it from the ends). This also as a hole left in it at the top through which it can be charged. These vessels are then covered with copper, zinc, or any suitable metal and fitted with covers for the holes. The method of using these refrigeraters is to charge them with ice or any of the 20 usual freezing mixtures such as the following Sal ammoniac Nitrate of potash Glaubers salts W ater 5 parts. 5 8 16 55 25 30 The bottom part is then placed on the laying out board and the trunk of the corpse laid on. Then after placeing pillows sutubley under the head the top part is placed on the stomach the sides of the two vessels coming together (or nearly so). A sheet is then put on to cover the bed, corpse & refrigerater in the usual manner. It is intended to use these two vessels as one or seperately, and in various sizes according to the nessessity of the case. May 23rd 1894. JAMES L. FORREST. COMPLETE SPECIFICATION. A Refrigerator for Arresting Decomposition of the Dead. 35 James Lamb Forrest Undertaker 206 Hyde Road Ardwick Manchester do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement :— A refrigerater in two parts No. 1 & 2 one part to rest on the laying out board on 40 which the corpse is laid, the other to be placed over the stomach forming a circle round the trunk of the corpse. The object of the refrigerater is to lower the temperature of the body so as to prevent lermentation. The said refrigerater can be made as follows. First we have two glass vessels A A & A A 1 blown in a [ Price 8J.J