embalming fluid
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Fluid and gases in the body's organs are also removed and replaced with embalming fluid.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023
“A man stung by the presidential bee contracts an incurable disease that only embalming fluid can cure,” FDR adviser Harold Ickes said of New York Gov. Thomas Dewey in 1949.
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023
Most embalming fluid is made of formaldehyde, which is not great for marine life, but Love said it wasn’t a huge worry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2022
It says that each year American burials put more than 4 million gallons of embalming fluid, 20 million board feet of hardwood, 81,000 tons of metal, and 1.6 million tons of concrete into the ground.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2021
My parents smell like a mixture of gardenias and embalming fluid, even in the evenings after their showers.
From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
