How recent?
They’re fresh.
Preservatives? Drained yet?
No, they’re still fresh.
Still warm.
How’d you get em’ fresh?
….
I see.
I get to prepare one?
Follow me.
That one, he’s yours.
She’s a bit less… slashed.
Could I prepare her instead?
Not up to the mess?
You need to get an appreciation of the basics first.
She would require a bit more artistry.
I see.
Here, you have your choice.
Carotid artery, femoral artery,
jugular vein or subclavian vein.
From the slash marks,
I’d guess he wouldn’t mind just using the wrists…
Okay, just joking.
Well, the femoral doesn’t require messy penetration,
and is rather remote so we don’t need to cover it up.
As you would have it.
Cut the thigh about here, small incision but deep.
Don’t be afraid to get a little blood on your gloves.
Good. Now insert this tube here,
Push it up and clamp around the periphery.
Okay, now turn the machine on.
While that’s thing’s still pumping,
We’ll move on to sew their mouths closed.
This is standard practice?
Yes, it’s necessary.
Do like I do;
Pull the corners up from the inside for a smile…
needle between the upper lip and gum…
out through the left nostril…
We’ll mess with the details in positioning the lips later,
Just don’t make it too tight.
This is a harder part.
Do you want me to do yours?
No, I can do it, just give me a second.
Now that they’ve been drained,
take out the tube and insert the one from this pump.
Here, Flextone blended with Lyf-Lyk tint on mine.
Let’s see, Flextone is usually more feminine,
but your cadaver is still quite young.
Yeah, I’ll just use a little less.
Nobody will complain if his skin is too soft anyway.
Alright, mix them in with the formaldehyde,
In this case most of the fluids are already prepared,
but get used to mixing in the phenol and other chems yourself.
Mine will require a little over three gallons,
yours should take about four.
Is it fixable if I use too much?
Yes, we can drain some of it off,
and there are more exact approaches for bloated cheeks or neck,
but try to get it right the first time.
Of course.
Okay, now the eyes.
Here I have flesh-tinted eye caps,
and specialized glue.
Watch me as I apply them.
I’ll give mine eye-shadow later.
You ever wonder what their names are?
Check the big toe.
Should have a tag on it.
I usually don’t pay any attention though
Oh, I see.
Mine is… a Mr. Cruentus
Guess you’re right though,
Little good a name does him here.
Alright, they’re saturated with enough embalming fluids now.
Sew the aperture shut tightly so he doesn’t leak.
Now we use the trocar.
Get it into the abdomen about here,
start it pumping everything out.
Move it around and into the chest cavity to get everything.
Okay, fill him back up with cavity fluid,
and let’s sew him shut again.
We’re almost done.
Put this cream on his face.
Smells funny, and doesn’t look all that aesthetic.
What’s it for?
It protects from burns caused by leaking chemicals.
Okay, let’s cover them up again and we’re done for today.
Give them about twelve hours to let the tissues firm and dry,
we’ll finish them up tomorrow.
to put it bluntly, none of the info here is mine, and thuis story isn’t really a story. I read “Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain” and liked the information in it but was just annoyed by the point it was trying to persuade, so I just took all the info and stuffed it into this. I guess this an educational story