History of funeral service

In discussing metallic burial caskets, the ogee design served what purpose?

- it reduced the excess space that characterized most metallic burial caskets - it reduced the excess weight that characterized most metallic burial caskets

Edwin Chadwick publishes his report in this year

1842

the fisk metallic coffin was patented in this year

1848

M.H. Crane and J.R. Barnes acquired the manufacturing rights from Fisk in what year?

1853

Receptacles that were patented in the early 19th century but which gained no popular appeal were referred to as

Also-rans

During the late Middle Ages, who began experimenting with embalming?

Anatomist and surgeon

The period of time when the Egyptians were embalming bodies was?

Ancient

Father of Bacteriology

Antony van Leeuwenhoek

Which of the following is NOT a reason why "auto funerals" would be slow in being accepted?

Auto hearses were less costly than the traditional horse-drawn hearse

A____________ or a long pleated arrangement of fine linen was worn by widow during the Middle Ages. This arrangement resembled a beard.

Barbe

The injection of cedar oil into the abdomen of the body was utilized in the medium priced method of Egyptian embalming, causing the organs in the cavity to?

Be dissolved

Which of the following is not part of the Roman committal service?

Burial mass celebrated at the gravesite

What was the effect on the cemeteries in regards to the great plague of London?

Cemeteries were over crowded

Burial trends during the Middle Ages were greatly influenced by the?

Church

The first Christian ruler of Rome was?

Constantine

Which of the following is known for featuring a horse drawn hearse at the Chicago world's fair in 1893 that resembled a church like design and weighed 2400 pounds?

Crane and breed

Which of the following does not have any significance in the Greek burial practices & customs?

God's little acre

In the mythological concepts of the Greek afterlife, the Greeks prepared the body to go to?

Hades

The name of the place of Greek afterlife?

Hades

The person who had gannal's book published in the United States was?

Harlan

The person who discovered formaldehyde in 1868 was?

Hofmann

The canopic jars which housed the organs of the deceased Egyptians were named after the four sons of?

Horus

Author of history of embalming

Jean gannal

One of the first coffin shop/warehouses was started in New York by which of the following?

John L. Dillion

Credited with discovery of "hunters canal"

John hunter

Early Scandinavians referred to Valhalla as

Land of the Dead

Painter of the last supper

Leonardo da Vinci

"The goddess of corpses and funerals" is recognized as

Libitina

The Roman "Head Undertaker" was referred to as the?

Libitinarious

The "Head Undertaker" in ancient Rome was referred to as

Libitinarius

Father of histology

Marcello malpighi

Another name for the dark age was?

Middle ages

In discussing early American undertaking, inviters to funerals were considered to be?

Municipal officers

The Jewish people believed the individual was made up of 2 elements which were?

Nefesh & basar

Which of the following individuals was involved in the Egyptian embalming process was the most prominent?

Priest

Which of the following receptacles was used for ex-president Grant?

Style "E" state casket

The name of the jewish grave that was covered with a stone slab?

Sunken

In discussing Ancient Roman cultural, "the designator" was also referred to as?

The master of ceremonies

The focal point of a roman funeral procession was the?

Torch bearer

in discussing edwin chadwick's report, what did he recommend

all cemeteries be municipalized and religious rites be simplified and standardized

credited with discovering formaldehyde

august hofman

Jewish funeral cutsoms are noted for their:

simplicity

the deceased Hebrews dressed in:

their best attire

Which of these individuals criticized the use of common preservatives such as arsenic in regards to embalming?

Dr. Thomas Holmes

The evisceration of the body organs and their placement in four canopic jars was associated with the embalming practices of which ancient civilization?

Egyptians

In Ancient Rome, where did burial and/or entombment take place?

Outside the walls of Rome

Of the following individuals involved in the Egyptian embalming process, who was in charge of the funeral procession of an influential Egyptian?

Physician

Which funeral functionary in Ancient Rome was identified as the "crier"?

Praeco

The people dressed their dead in togas were the?

Romans

Father of embalming in the United States

Dr Thomas Holmes

Father of modern embalming in the U.S.

Dr Thomas Holmes

Discovered the circulation of blood

Dr William Harvey

father of embalming

Dr. Frederich Ruysch

First to successfully adopt arterial injection as a means of preservation?

Dr. William hunter

In Ancient Rome, this early death belief said that the body and soul were composed of atoms which simply disintegrated at death. Who is responsible for influencing this belief?

Epicurus

The "god of the underworld" is recognized with which of the following?

Osiris

The purpose of the funeral feast during the Middle Ages

Welcome heir to new estate

What approximate percentage of the Egyptian populace were prepared by the expensive method of embalming?

2%

The percentage of Egyptians prepared by the inexpensive method of embalming was?

80%

Many historians credit the Greeks as the first to use?

Cremation

Which of the following is not considered to be an influential person in the development of the embalming schools?

Edwin Chadwick

One of the countries which made mask making very popular in replacing the body during the long periods the body was lying in state was?

England

A social development in the Middle Ages whereby the bodies of the noble were separated and the bones were brought back to their home in a chest describes?

Independent bone burial

Patented process of embalming involving the injection of an arsenic-alcohol mixture

J. Anthony gaussardia

The Individual to receive the first American patent on a metallic coffin (1836) was

James A. Gray

Which of the following was not part of an Egyptian funeral procession?

Jesters

The "kiss of peace" represented a major break in tradition between the christians and....?

Jews

The people who cremated their dead with all their worldly possessions were the?

Northern Europeans

The Jewish religion which had very strict view point of their religious policies and procedures were their?

Orthodox

Which of the following received one of the first patents for a corpse cooler/cooling board during the 19th century?

Robert Frederick and C.A. Trump

Who usually had their funeral possessions during the night?

Romans

The country which practiced "communion of the dead" was?

Scotland & Ireland

Of the following individuals involved in the Egyptian embalming process, the person who marked the length of the incision with a charcoal pencil was?

Scribe

The Egyptian undertaking specialist whose job included making medicines and anointing the body of the deceased was referred to as?

The apothecary

Which of the following is not true of the ancient Jewish funeral?

The women always prepared the dead bodies

By virtue of technical skill and knowledge, which of the following individuals, in particular, was qualified to fulfill the role as coroner in early America?

Town undertakers

Constantine's sumptuary laws?

Was a body of mortuary laws