Unless embalming fluid can carry oxygen throughout the body, allow for normal organ function, protect against disease and carry thermal energy around the body, the events are about as compelling as a perpetual-motion brick.
I can't say I understand your point. You sound like a skeptic when you refer to the 'perpetual motion brick.' While I've never run into one myself, it sounds like a bad thing. But then your argument that embalming fluid could not sustain life--something on which I am sure we can agree--sounds like the opposite argument???