UNIQUE YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL LIFE SIZE MUMMY EMBALMED IN ARSENIC. c1880

Description

YOUNG GIRL EMBALMED IN ARSENIC.
I hand
sculpted
this using the only available photo, see original, last photo.
A young girl embalmed in arsenic, the arsenic stained her skin a yellow ochre color.
At the NMHM (
National
Museum
of Health and Medicine) in
Washington
An exceptional mummy, she is! During the late nineteenth century, Holmes embalmed a young girl from
Kentucky
. In the 1880s the remarkably preserved upper torso was donated.
"An American pioneer in arsenic embalming, Dr. Thomas Holmes (1817–1899) was a mortician who is often thought of as the "father of American embalming.. During the Civil War. Holmes was commissioned in the Union army medical corps. Having experimented with embalming procedures previously, he was asked to embalm a few Union soldiers killed in battle so that the remains could be shipped back to their families. Holmes charged 0 per body. Abraham Lincoln eventually sanctioned the treatment for all fallen soldiers and officers, and in four years Holmes embalmed several thousand bodies. He personally claimed to have embalmed, "4028 soldiers and officers, field and staff" although some believe this figure to be inflated.
A very unique piece for your man cave or oddities collection.
Height: 12 inches...30cm.
Width: 12 inches...30cm.
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