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In 1920, a grieving father in Sicily lost daughter to the Spanish flu just days before her second birthday. Her name was Rosalia Lombardo. Heartbroken and unable to accept her death, he turned to a skilled embalmer, Alfredo Salafia, asking him to preserve her body. What followed would become one of the most extraordinary cases of embalming in modern history. He injected a carefully balanced chemical formula, including formalin to kill bacteria, glycerin to prevent excessive drying, salicylic aci

Join me for a behind-the-scenes look at the embalming process with a short video series. Over the next few days, I’ll take you into the prep room to give you a closer look at what we do. We’ve put together three videos - here’s the first one. Every embalming is different and is tailored to the specific needs of the individual based on factors such as their condition & cause of death. The techniques used, the chemical formulations selected, and the overall approach vary with each case to ensure t