The Gannal process; by which the progress of decay is arrested ; the causes of contagion or infection prevented ; and the necessity of embalming superseded / [George Smith].

  • Smith, George, undertaker.
Date:
1840]
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Credit: The Gannal process; by which the progress of decay is arrested ; the causes of contagion or infection prevented ; and the necessity of embalming superseded / [George Smith]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE GANNAL PROCESS; BY WHICH €f)t Progm0 of Btt&v ^rrr^tro; THE CAUSES OF CONTAGION OR INFECTION PREVENTED; AND THE NECESSITY OF EMBALMING SUPERSEDED. 4, John Street, Oxford Street. August 1, 1840. In no country, it is believed, is more decent and rational respect paid to the observance of every ceremony which concerns the Remains of a Deceased Relative or Friend, than in England; seeing that, in no country, the feeling of tender regard to the memory of the Departed is more affectionately cherished : and, if this has hitherto been the characteristic of Englishmen, it will be acknowledged that it is especially so at the present moment; when, in conse¬ quence of the increased population of the country, and the consequent crowded condition of the receptacles till now appropriated to the dead, Cemeteries are in progress of erection, not only in the environs of this great metropolis, but of most of the large cities and towns of the United Kingdom. At such a moment, and under such circumstances, it can be little doubted, that a determination, on the part of the