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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

This machine preserved more than bodies...It preserved history. 🩸 This embalming machine was used in the preparation of Lee Harvey Oswald, one of the most notorious figures in American history. Embalming machines function by removing blood from the body and replacing it with preservative fluid, a process designed to slow decomposition. This medical instrument set includes twelve embalming tools, church trucks used to move the casket, and the original embalming machine itself. Want to see this p