Specification of William Robert Lake : embalming.

  • Lake, William Robert.
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Specification of William Robert Lake : embalming. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Patent for preserving corpses by using "antiseptic gases... such as chlorine, sulphurous, muriatic, or carbonic acid gas" applied through the rectum or mouth.

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London : Great Seal Patent Office, 1867 (London : George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode)

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6 pages ; 28 cm

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At head of title: A.D. 1867, 6th April. No. 1044.
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"William Robert Lake, of "the International Patent Office," no.8, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, in the county of Middlesex, consulting engineer."

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    Pat. vol. 61
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    Pat. vol. 61:77

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