I disinterred one of these from 1857 once.The preservation was amazing he looked less than a week dead in full evening dress with a bouquet of flowers on his chest.We welded it shut on the spot and turned it over to a funeral home for reinterrment in another cemetery. Would have been interesting to perform this degree of examination.
To: rastus macgill
Records indicate the boy voted for Kerry in Chicago in 2004.
2 posted on
08/06/2005 8:28:23 AM PDT by
pabianice
To: rastus macgill
they have a chance to learn about mortuary practices of the period, what disease and trauma people may have suffered, their diet, past environments, clothing and perhaps even social customs. Yep, no written record from that time, none what so ever. Let the dead rest in peace and not be someones ticket to a fed grant.
3 posted on
08/06/2005 8:34:41 AM PDT by
11Bush
(No outstanding felonies, but my life has been one long misdemeanor.)
To: rastus macgill
Anthropologist Kari Bruwelheide, right, and Doug Owsley, head of physical anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History, center, and others, examine the remains of an iron coffin at the museum in Washington.
Very cramped accomodations
4 posted on
08/06/2005 8:35:20 AM PDT by
nuconvert
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To: rastus macgill
From the source article:
The Washington remains are in much better condition, with skin and soft tissues intact. Researchers were using long cotton swabs to get samples they could test for toxins and bacteria. I doubt bacteria could live so long, but is it possible for viri to survive under such condtions, and infect those working on the remains? From the source, there is a photograph of the scientists working on the remains, and while wearing aprons and latex gloves, they have no other protective apparel.
To: rastus macgill
"Coffin from Civil War uncovers mystery"
" . . . its orange cord snaking around the pre-Civil War artifact, . ."
Is the headline wrong?
To: rastus macgill
I disinterred one of these from 1857 onceI hope you were an archeaologist or some such thing rather than just diggin' around for fun . . . .??
14 posted on
08/06/2005 9:20:19 AM PDT by
WIladyconservative
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17 posted on
08/06/2005 9:49:17 AM PDT by
tutstar
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18 posted on
08/06/2005 9:54:25 AM PDT by
kalee
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23 posted on
08/06/2005 10:07:53 AM PDT by
bannie
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39 posted on
03/08/2006 9:35:53 PM PST by
SunkenCiv
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