Comments on: The 5 Stages of Embalming http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:13:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: B.F.Jacoby http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-1/#comment-460021 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:33:19 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-460021 Please note that every state is different in its requirements for the amount of embalmings that need to be done during internship or apprenticeship. Some states also require certification before internship can even begin, so do your homework for the state in which you wish to work. Thank you.

]]> By: Katy http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-459458 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:36:17 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-459458 I’ve really found all the information here, very interesting. I am a carer, one of the ladies I cared for passed away on 18th January 2012 but only got cremated on the 8th February. I was wondering how they managed to preserve her body, for that length of time. I have always thought about doing something like this, I mean you have to have a caring an compassionate heart, to do both jobs. The only difference is really is, the people I care for are alive, but it is the same , kind of care and attention that you give. Well done. This relly puts my mind t rest, to know that, the loved ones that I have lost, have been well cared for, and given the respect thy need.

]]> By: Chase http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-458662 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:07:22 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-458662 I think embalming a dead body, putting it in a room for everyone to stare at … is weird. It creeps me out big time. Why would I want people looking at my dead body? I don’t understand how people are ok with this.

]]> By: Lorna Price http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-455302 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:01:34 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-455302 I am a 53 year old female.,I have read through all the comments and stages of embalming. Always having an interest to persue this career. I would be grateful if you could provide me with the nessessary information i need to get started.,I live in Northern Ireland.
Thanking you with great interest,
Lorna

]]> By: Erica Pinder http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-452304 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 10:07:17 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-452304 im ln the early stages of learning to become Embalmer i found this article very interesting and easy to follow. have you got any advice u would like to give me.

]]> By: Brittany Camille http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-447171 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:30:03 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-447171 Call me weird , but I personally think Embalming is a Beautiful procedure .
My Grandfather was a Mortician. So I grew up around such things .
I’m still in high school , and I have officially decided I’m Going to be a
Mortician .
My Grandfather Really enjoyed doing it .

]]> By: Ariel http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-446322 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:57:08 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-446322 This is amazing. I hope I can find a collage close by that I could become an embalmer at. That would be just great. I’ve been a CNA in a nursing home and I’ve done phlebotomy at a hospital so embalming would seem wonderful after working at a nursing home and trying to stick people that don’t want to be sticked.

]]> By: sean ethan-blake http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-443342 Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:31:58 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-443342 hi, i’m a writer and i need info for a novel i’m currently working on, i was wondering if i had a human size vitrine (glass display case) would i and a live subject inside would a 5-7% percent formaldehyde solution “kill said subject”-as they are before conceling the case and would that then proserve them? really need help on this 1 thanks

]]> By: kathym. http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-441547 Wed, 14 Dec 2011 02:51:44 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-441547 I love being a mortician. This is what i was destined to do. it is mentally and physically exhausting at times, but as long as i see a family walk away with good lasting memories of their loved ones, and achieve some closure that makes it all worth while. you may think im weird, or morbid. but that isnt the case. we’re doing gods work. i thank those that stand up for us, and for those that dont get to know a funeral director. this is a great article, some word usage is poor. we dont sew the mouth shut, you wouldnt want to see that.

here is a poem us undertakers pass around:
“Oh you’re a funeral director? what do you make?”
What do I make? I make your child presentable after they get killed in a car accident or your mom finally look healthy and at peace after she fights disease for years as a shell of herself. I make suggestions, decisions, and speak on your behalf when you’re so overcome with grief that you cant even remember your name. I make my family wait to open Christmas presents or eat Thanksgiving dinner because I’m at work helping you. I make every minute of my work a formal occasion by the way I dress, speak, and act–and I do that out of respect for you. Thats what I make.

]]> By: TaniLyn http://listverse.com/2007/11/08/the-5-stages-of-embalming/comment-page-5/#comment-440593 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:53:26 +0000 http://listverse.com/science/the-5-stages-of-embalming/#comment-440593 I work at a furneral and it’s not as bad as this puts it out. Yes some do do it like this but there are cleaner or other ways that aren’t as bad.

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