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Mortician Evie Vargas looks at 10 dead-body scenes from popular TV shows and movies and rates them based on realism. She looks at "Six Feet Under" (2001–2005), "American Horror Story ...

A mortician has sparked discussion after sharing one thing he woundn't do after he died. Known for answering questions about ...

When the mortician said they could touch ... through droplets of stray saliva given that dead people do not cough or sneeze. The use of body bags and other precautions can eliminate the ...

As a result, relatively little research has been done on the decay processes that can rapidly reduce a dead body to bones and ... 522 species of tiny morticians —most of them insects—arrived ...

Catherine says her family and friends were not keen on the idea of her handling dead ... turned mortician at The Nairobi Women's Hospital inspects a coffin and cloth before releasing a body.

Without embalming, the body starts to deteriorate and decompose ... It isn't easy embalming the familiar dead; in fact, it ...

The process of artificially preserving a dead body is called "embalming," and the methods used are as varied as the cultures themselves. Egyptians: the masters of mummification Ancient Egyptians ...

That is one of the most challenging aspects of the mortuary field – an occupation that focuses on showing respect for the dead and their ... classes might focus on embalming fluids, says Poul ...