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- ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art.
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ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art.
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17 totalTranscriber’s Note:
ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ: OR, THE Art of Embalming; Wherein is shewn The Right of Burial, THE FUNERAL CEREMONIES, And the several Ways of Preserving Dead Bodies IN Most Nations of the WORLD. With an Account of The particular Opinions, Experiments and Inventions of modern Physicians, Surgeons, Chymists and Anatomists. ALSO Some new Matter propos’d concerning a better Method of Embalming than hath hitherto been discover’d. AND A Pharmacopœia Galeno-Chymica, Anatomia sicca sive incruenta, &c.
To the Right Honourable THOMAS
THE PREFACE.
A List of such Noblemen and Gentlemen as have been pleas’d to Encourage this Work with Sculptures.
A List of such Noblemen and Gentlemen as have been pleas’d to Encourage this Work by Subscriptions.
Amico admodum colendo D. THOMÆ GREENHILL eximiam suam ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑΝ edenti χαίρειν καὶ εὐπραγεῖν.
Viro Admodùm Erudito Thomæ Greenhill, Chirurgo in ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑΝ, sive Artem Pollincturæ, ab illo editam.
TO HIS Ingenious Friend Mr. Thomas Greenhill.
To his Friend the Author.
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A lyrical frontispiece opens the work, inviting listeners to contemplate humanity’s uneasy dance with death and the timeless yearning for immortality. From there, the author guides us through the practical and ceremonial aspects of embalming, tracing the craft from ancient Egyptian tombs to contemporary European laboratories. Detailed observations on burial rites, funeral customs, and the anatomical knowledge that underpins preservation blend with vivid descriptions of pyramids, subterranean vaults, and the Nile’s surrounding culture.
The narrative also surveys the evolving science of mortuary art, offering recipes and experimental techniques devised by surgeons, chemists, and anatomists of the early modern era. Illustrated with maps and a series of sculptural plates, the text balances scholarly rigor with a palpable reverence for the dead. Listeners will discover how early physicians sought to tame decay, turning the fragile human form into a bridge between the fleeting present and an imagined eternal legacy.
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ΝΕΚΡΟΚΗΔΕΙΑ; Or, the Art of Embalming; Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art. Wherein Is Shewn the Right of Burial, and Funeral Ceremonies, Especially That of Preserving Bodies After the Egyptian Method. Together With an Account of the Egyptian Mummies, Pyramids, Subterranean Vaults and Lamps, and Their Opinion of the Metempsychosis, the Cause of Their Embalming. As Also a Geographical Description of Egypt, the Rise and Course of the Nile, the Temper, Constitution and Physic of the Inhabitants, Their Inventions, Arts, Sciences, Stupendous Works and Sepulchres, and Other Curious Observations Any Ways Relating to the Physiology and Knowledge of This Art.
Language
en
Duration
~11 hours (688K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2018-09-01
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Thomas Greenhill
b. 1681
Best known for an early and unusual book on burial and preservation, this English surgeon wrote one of the most curious medical works of the early 1700s. His writing blends practical anatomy, funeral customs, and a fascination with how different cultures treated the dead.
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