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Title: Embalming: History, Theory, and Practice by Robert G. Mayer, Mayer ISBN: 0-8385-2187-8 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Pub. Date: 27 January, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $79.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.1 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The top textbook for Funeral Services
Comment: Upon reading the standard textbook for Funeral Services in Canada I wasn't satisfied with the large volume of text involved so I turned to Mayer's Theory History and Practice. This book is an excellent resource for students and professionals in the Funeral Services field. There are alot of visual representations and I found it to be very useful in helping with the 'hands on approach' needed to help perfect the embalming process. I hope more students and professionals start using this book as a reference.
This book is not for the average individual interested in gore.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointed
Comment: I am a PA licensed Funeral Director/Embalmer. I studied at NCACC. Most of my embalming training was through hands on experience, the rest through Xerox copies of outdated texts. Also, there was the 1st edition of this book. I only found it useful to study the history section. This new version has not improved at all. This book covers the legal requirements and BORES you to "death", but it is not very practicle for embalming techniques. The title is very misleading. The Theory & Practice Sections you can rip out of the book. I reiterate: This book is only good for the History of Embalming (& perhaps some of the federal requirements too). If you want a good embalming text, ask your local funeral director to Xerox his old embalming book for you --just make sure It's not by Mayer!
Rating: 5
Summary: ABSOLUTELY MESMERIZING BODY OF WORK!
Comment: Since I am not a funeral director but have been interested in the profession (I used to work with friends on the east coast), I could not put the book down because it captured and sustained my interest. As a novice reader to the mortuary profession, I could not believe how much technical information you had to know. It is almost like becoming a physician. Although the diagrams/pictures were not in color, just having them spiked and fueled my interest -- with actual embalming techniques.
Finally, my favorite unit was on embalming instruments. I highly respect morticians because of the administrative, logistical, creative, and artistic so-called 'hats' they must wear in order to do a professional service!
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Title: Thanatochemistry: A Survey of General, Organic, and Biochemistry for Funeral Service Professionals (2nd Edition) by James M. Dorn, Barbara M. Hopkins ISBN: 013654195X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 04 August, 1997 List Price(USD): $94.00 |
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Title: The Psychosocial Aspects of Death and Dying by John Canine ISBN: 083858098X Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange Pub. Date: 30 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
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Title: Embalming Is Not a Sport by Arlin D. Menager ISBN: 0759622035 Publisher: 1stBooks Library Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.54 |
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Title: The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade by Thomas Lynch ISBN: 0140276238 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Corpses, Coffins and Crypts : A History Of Burial by Penny Colman ISBN: 0805050663 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: 15 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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