NOTE OF THE TRANSLATOR.

ANALYTICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS.

To Messrs. Members of the Academy of Sciences.

PREFACE.

INTRODUCTION.

CHAPTER I. OF EMBALMING IN GENERAL.

CHAPTER II. NATURAL MUMMIES.

CHAPTER III. EMBALMING OF THE GUANCHES.

CHAPTER IV. EMBALMING AMONG THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS.

CHAPTER V. EMBALMING, FROM THE EGYPTIANS DOWN TO OUR DAY.

CHAPTER VI. ART OF EMBALMING IN OUR OWN DAYS, PREVIOUS TO MY DISCOVERIES.

CHAPTER VII. METHODS OF PREPARING AND PRESERVING SUBJECTS OF

CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL PROCESSES FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OBJECTS

APPENDIX.

FOOTNOTES:

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