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The American Way of Death
Jessica Mitford
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o my question, “Are undertakers, in their capacity of embalmers, guardians of the public health?”, Dr. Carr’s answer was short and to the point: “They are not guardians of anything except their pocketbooks. Public-health virtues of embalming? You can write it off as inapplicable to our present-day conditions.” Discussing possible injury to health caused by the presence of a dead body, Dr. Carr explained that in cases
