Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1903 — The Best Way to Preserve a Body. [ARTICLE]

The Best Way to Preserve a Body.

There is no other way In which a body can be preserved so long, leaving freezing and mummification out of the question, as by burial In a lead coffin, < If the receptacle Is airtight, lack of 1 oxygen brings putrefaction almost if not quite to a pause, and the face of a ; defunct person may be recognizable after a long period of time. The at-J tempts frequently made to destroy 1 bodies by covering them with lime usually have the opposite effect, pre- ■ serving them by keeping out the air.— ' London Answers.