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xxxxxxPremature Burial. Originally printed in JAMA, 1898, 30:273-274.

xxxxxxRobinson GC. The Development of Grave Robbing in England. Originally printed in Johns Hopkins
_____Hospital Bulletin, 1905; 16:42-45.

_____Johnson EC. A History of the Art and Science of Embalming. Originally printed in Casket and Sunnyside.

_____Johnson EC. The Value of Restorative Procedures and Viewing. Originally printed in The Director, March,1969.

_____Johnson EC. A Brief History of US Military Embalming. Originally printed in The Director, September, 1971

xxxxxxStrub CG. Embalming progress through the centuries. Originally printed in Casket and Sunnyside,
_____December, 1971.

_____Johnson M. Lena R. Simmons: The Grande Dame of Lady Embalmers. Originally printed in the American
_____Funeral Director, January, 1977.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Dr. Auguste Renouard, Founder of Our Educational System. Originally printed
_____in the American Funeral Director, February, 1982.

_____Johnson M. The Fisk Metallic Coffin. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, July, 1983.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Mr. D.H. Rhodes: The Conscientious Caretaker of Arlington National Cemetery.
_____Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, January, 1984.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson GR, Johnson, M. Dr. Thomas Holmes: The True Life and Career of the Pioneer Embalmer.
_____Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, July/August 1984.

_____Letter to the Editor: The Attending at the Funeral. New England Journal of Medicine, 1985; 312:1704-05 and
_____313:1664-66.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Dr. Pedro Ara: The Man Who Embalmed Evita. Originally printed in the American
_____Funeral Director, April and May, 1986.

xxxxxxInman R. Embalming seminars in New Zealand. Originally printed in the Champion Expanding
_____Encyclopedia, April 1987.

xxxxxxParks E. Around the Mall. Originally printed in the Smithsonian, June, 1988.

xxxxxxHamblin DJ. Behold the amazing, the spectacular Giovanni Belzoni, the outsize Egyptologist who found the
xxxxxxtombs of Seti I, Ramses I and more.
 Originally printed in the Smithsonian, June, 1988.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson GR, Johnson M. Dr. Holmes' Method of Preserving Remains. Originally printed
_____in the American Funeral Director, February, 1989.

_____Douthit D. The Future of Funeral Service and Transplant Technology. Originally printed in The Director
_____Magazine, April, 1989

_____Douthit DE. The Impact of Organ Donation. Originally printed in The Director, August, 1989

_____Mayer RG. Embalming: History, Theory and Practice. Originally printed in the Champion Expanding
_____Encyclopedia, Spring, 1991.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson GR, Johnson M. Mysterious Composition of Dr. Holmes' Innominata. Originally
_____printed in the American Funeral Director, July, 1991.

_____Heckerling PS, Williams MJ. Attitudes of Funeral Directors and Embalmers Toward Autopsy. Archives of
_____Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 1992, 116:1147-51.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson GR, Johnson M. The Salafia Method. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director,
_____May, 1993.

xxxxxxOwsley D. Anthropological Studies of Historic Burials. Originally printed in the Director, December, 1993.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Benjamin F. Lyford, M.D., A Civil War Embalming Surgeon. Originally printed in the
_____American Funeral Director, May, 1995.

xxxxxxLattimer JK, Laidlaw A. Good Samaritan surgeon wrongly accused of contributing to President Lincoln's death:
_____an experimental study of the President's fatal wound.
Originally printed in Journal of the American College of
_____Surgeons, 1996, 182:431-8.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Unusual Embalming Patents. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director,
_____February, 1996

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. The 17th Century Preservation Technique of Louis De Bils. Originally printed in the
_____American Funeral Director, December, 1996.

_____Douthit D. Universal Precautions: is it working? Originally printed in The Director, December, 1996.

_____Anderson CW. Is Embalming a priority? If not, why not? Originally printed TODAY in Deathcare, 1997.

xxxxxxBrier B, Wade RS. The Use of Natron in Human Mummification: A modern experiment. ZAS, 1997; 124: 89-100.

xxxxxxBerman GE. Civil War Embalming. A short history. Originally printed in the Journal of Civil War Medicine,
xxxxxxJuly/August 1997.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. Dr. Charles DeCosta Brown, Civil War Embalming Surgeon and the Masonic Order.
_____Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, September, 1997.

_____Johnson EC, Johnson M. An Embalming Account – 109 years ago. Originally printed in the American Funeral
_____Director, August, 1997.

_____The Body in Question. Editorial. The Lancet. 1997; 349:1111.

_____Zimmerman MR., Brier B., Wade RS. Brief Communication: 20th Century Replication of an Egyptian Mummy:
_____Implications for Paleopathology.
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1998, 107:417-420.

_____Premature Burial. JAMA 100 Years Ago. Originally printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association,
_____1998;279:182.

_____Daulton D. Why did they put lipstick on Grandpa? Originally printed in The Dodge Magazine,
_____1998, volume 2.

_____Gilligan T. Legal Liability for Autopsy and Organ Donation Cases. Originally printed in The Director,
xxxxxxJune, 1998.

_____Identification of the Viet Nam Era Unknown Soldier. Originally printed in the Sunday, New York Times, July 12, 1998.

_____Hast R. Embalmers. Originally printed in Mortuary Management, December, 1998.

xxxxxxPringle H. The Sickness of Mummies. Originally printed in Discover, December, 1998.

_____Stolberg S. Could this pig save your life? Originally printed in the NY Times Magazine, October 3, 1999.

_____Field J. Embalming in Japan. The Embalmer (British), 1999, volume 1.

_____Brier B., Wade RS. Surgical Procedures during ancient Egyptian Mummification. Originally printed in ZAS, 1999:89-97.

_____Gilligan ST. ADA and CJD. Originally printed in the Director, 2000, volume 8.

_____Johnson EC. Jean Nicolas Gannal, the Chemist Embalmer who Patented the Carotid Artery. Originally printed
_____in the American Funeral Director, August, 2000.

xxxxxxSoros Foundation. Project Death in America: 2001-2003. www.soros.org

xxxxxxThorson JA, Powell FC. Undertakers Sense of Humor. Psychology Reports, 2001;89:607-8.

_____Williams MJ. Ethical Care of the Dead. Originally printed in the Funeral Ethics Association Newsletter, volume 2,
_____#2, 2001.

_____Keller B. Nuclear Nightmare. Originally printed in the New York Times Magazine, May 26, 2002.

xxxxxxRuggeri ED. The deadly abuse of embalming fluid. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, August 2002.

xxxxxxJohnson EC and Williams MJ. Dr. Thomas Holmes and his premises at Broadway and Marcy Avenue
_____Williamsburg/Brooklyn, NY. 
Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, August, 2002.

_____Lawrence DA. Stick with it. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director (End Note), August, 2002.

_____Mayer, RG. "Because we always do it this way!" Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, October, 2002

_____How Masks Work. New York Times, November 12, 2002.

xxxxxxWolford JN. Fully Assembled at Last, Neanderthal Strides Onstage. Originally printed in the New York
xxxxxxTimes, December 31, 2002.

_____Williams MJ. Dignity and Respect for All Remains. Originally printed in the Funeral Ethics Association
_____Newsletter, volume 3, #8, 2002.

_____Davis J. Canopic Jars. Originally printed in the Funeral Service Journal (British), 2003, volume 6.

_____Mayer RG. Continuing Thoughts on Education: Embalming and Restorative Art. Originally printed in the
_____American Funeral Director, 2003, volume 5.

_____Case Study: A Tissue Donation Aborted! Originally printed in the Newsletter of the Funeral Ethics Association,
_____February 2003.

_____Douthit DE, Williams MJ. National Donate Life Month. Originally printed in The American Funeral Director, April, 2003.

_____McCann GL. What is Tissue Banking? Originally printed in The Dodge Magazine, June, 2003.

_____Carmon JCC and Paykin C. Funerals vs. Donation. Originally printed in The Director, August, 2003.

_____Brown S. Common Ground: The funeral service professional's role in organ and tissue donation.
_____
Originally printed in The Director, September 2003.

_____Avila O. Mexican Burial Tangled in Airline Shipping Rules. Chicago Tribune, December 17, 2003.

_____McNeil DG. The Next Generation of Diseases Are in Hiding, Somewhere. Originally printed in the Sunday,
_____New York Times, December 28, 2003.

_____Lattimer M. Another Part of the Loop. Originally appeared at www.aopo.org/aopo/winter2003Newsletter,
_____Association of Organ Procurement Organizations website, www.aopo.org.

_____Brown S. Serving the Truth: Opportunities for excellence between funeral and organ/tissue transplant
_____professionals.
Originally printed in The Director, January 2004.

_____Feuer A. Bringing Back the Dead. Photographer Captures a Harlem Undertaker's Art. Originally printed
_____in the New York Times, January 13, 2004.

_____Churchman E. An Ethical Question. Originally printed in The Artery (publication of Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary
_____Fraternity), February 14, 2004.

_____Arizona Chills Out on Regulating Alcor. Originally printed in the Funeral Monitor, April 19, 2004.

_____I remember autopsies. Originally printed in the Funeral Monitor, April, 19, 2004.

_____Abraham Lincoln's Body. Originally printed in the Funeral Monitor, June 21, 2004.

xxxxxxTabor EC. Know your options when shipping human and cremated remains. Originally printed in the
_____American Funeral Director, July 2004.

_____Anderson-McQueen offers Tissue Donation to Families. Originally printed in the YB News, August, 2004.

_____Johnson Williams M. A Commitment to Excellence: Epsilon Nu Delta Mortuary Fraternity. Originally
_____printed in The American Funeral Director, August 2004.

_____Baum D. Two Soldiers, How the Dead Come Home. Originally printed in the New Yorker Magazine,
_____October 20, 2004.

_____Herguth R. Body Takes Detour On Way To Burial. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, Wednesday,
_____December 15, 2004.

xxxxxxWood M. Changing Funeral Service in Japan. The Dodge Magazine, January, 2005.

_____Williams MJ. Ask Not What Your Profession Can Do For You, Ask What You Can Do For Your Profession.
_____
Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, January, 2005.

_____Mortuary Management. Corpse to be Shown Rotting on TV. February 2005

_____White D. DNA Disclosure and Your Liability. YV News, February 2005

_____Embalmers: The Next Endangered Species? Originally printed in the Funeral Monitor, March 14, 2005

_____Ebner P. Trauma Scene Response, the Cleanup Process. YB News, March 2005

_____Keith JP. Trade Calls. The Director, March 2005

_____Manning D. What Business Are You In? The Dodge Magazine, March 2005

_____Mortuary Management. Lenin's Curator Says Body Well Preserved. March 2005

_____Van Beck T. Our Responsibility. Originally printed in the Dodge Magazine, March 2005

xxxxxxA petrous tale. Scientific Sleuthing Review, Spring 2005.

_____Embalming the Pope. April 5, 2005. www.infospigot.typepad.com

_____King L. An Alternative to Embalming the Pope. LA Times, April 7, 2005

_____Lynch T. Our Near Death Experience. NY Times, April 9, 2005. Op-Ed Section

xxxxxxRitter J. Hospital keyboards may be home to bacteria that can kill. Chicago Sun-Times, April 11, 2005.

_____Dobbs D. Buried Answers: Routine hospital autopsies have come to be seen as a waste of time. But the
_____dead have much to tell us about treating and preventing disease.
NY Times Magazine, April 24, 2005

_____Hast R. The Comfort of the Visitation. Originally printed in Mortuary Management, April, 2005

xxxxxxDeath, Donation and a Funeral. Funeral Monitor, June 13, 2005.

xxxxxxFreking K. Pandemic flu outbreak could kill 500,000 in US. Chicago Sun-Times, June 25, 2005.

xxxxxxFreeze dry centre open. Thanos, June 2005.

_____Hast R. Professional Embalmers. Originally printed in Mortuary Management, June, 2005

_____Pearson P. Funeral Practice in Great Britain: Rules, Regulations and Procedures. Originally printed in The
_____Dodge Magazine, June, 2005.

_____Reader's Forum, responses to article "Professional Embalmers, June 2005, Mortuary Management".
_____Originally printed in Mortuary Management, 2005.

xxxxxxKillan M. Skeleton holds clues to mystery 9,300 years old. Chicago Tribune, June 29, 2005

xxxxxxTanner L. Study: You can't always believe a medical study. Chicago Sun-Times, July 13, 2005.

xxxxxxExquisite corpse. Funeral Monitor, August 1, 2005.

_____Weingarten A. Florida Museumgoers Line Up to See Corpses. Originally printed in The New York Times,
xxxxxxAugust 20, 2005.

_____Dewan S. How Photos Became Icon of Civil Rights Movement. (Regarding photographs of Emmett Till
xxxxxxduring his funeral).
Originally printed in The New York Times, August 28, 2005.

_____Colleen Murphy Klein. It Pays to Listen, Summary of NFDA's 2004 Family Contact Survey. Originally printed
xxxxxxin The Director, August, 2005.

xxxxxxHand V. Practicing Ethical Behavior. Originally printed in International Cemetery and Funeral Management,
_____August-September, 2005.

_____Iceman Might be Contaminated. Originally printed in Mortuary Management, September, 2005.

_____Sgt. Maj. Joe Adelizzi Reverence and Sensitivity are Their Creed. Originally printed in Mortuary
_____Management, September, 2005.

xxxxxxMacur J. One Battalion's Heavy Burden: Retrieving Fallen Americans in Iraq. NY Times October 1, 2005

xxxxxxSherman W. Body Snatchers of New York. New York Daily News, October 6, 2005.

xxxxxxMcCormick J and Torriero EA. Katrina Survivors Endure Long Wait to Retrieve Dead. Chicago Tribune, October 7, 2005

xxxxxxDewan S. Mortuary Team Defends Performance. NY Times, October 8, 2005

xxxxxxDewan S. Chief of Emergency Louisiana Morgue Says Work Pace is Accelerating. NY Times, October 15, 2005

_____Possley M. Keeper of Katrina's Dead. Originally printed in the NY Times, October 28, 2005

_____Sheehan C. Till Rites Site Could Become a Landmark. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, November 1, 2005

_____Dewan S. Storm Families Find No Comfort in Death Records. Originally printed in the NY Times, November 13, 2005

_____Dvorak T. Iowa Professor Wants to Reap Forensic Data at "Body Farm". Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune,
xxxxxxNovember 29, 2005

_____Dubresson P. The Embalmer In France. Originally printed in the Dodge Magazine, November, 2005

_____Smith C. Dire Wounds, A New Face, a Glimpse in a Mirror. Originally printed in the NY Times, December 3, 2005

_____Dewan S. Louisiana Releases Details on Deaths from Hurricane Katrina and Later Flooding. Originally printed in
_____the NY Times, December 10, 2005.

_____2005 Wirthlin Report, A Study of American Attitudes Toward Ritualization and Memorialization. Available
_____through NFDA, 800-228-6332.

_____Guides to Acting Ethically. Originally printed in the Funeral Ethics Association Newsletter. Volume IV, Number VI, 2005.

_____Pullella P. Pope John XXIII was Embalmed. 2005 www.kensmen.com/catholic/johnxxiiiembalmed.html

_____Hernan, D. Break with Tradition – Pope's Body not Embalmed. 2005 Originally printed in Funeral Service Insider

_____Ritter, J. Ethical Frontier: Research on the Dead. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, January 3, 2006.

xxxxxxHermann A. Early anatomy: Science, sex taboos. Chicago Sun-Times, January 3, 2006.

xxxxxxWestfeldt A. Families Get Own Room at Trade Center Memorial. Chicago Sun-Times, January 5, 2006.

xxxxxxPreston J. Wife of a 9/11 Victim Clashes with the Judge Over Remains. NY Times, January 7, 2006.

_____Van Beck T. Reverence for the Dead: Human Nature. Originally printed in the Dodge Magazine, March, 2006.

_____Barrett D. Ground Zero Workers Seek Answers. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, April 21, 2006.

_____Luo M. A Buddhist Melding of Mind and Bodies, with the Bodies Laid Bare. Originally printed in the New York
_____Times, May 3, 2006.

_____Goering L. Artist's Killer Coffins Send Dead Out in Style. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, May 8, 2006.

_____Saldovi C. Tough Talk Straight from Funeral Home. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, May 15, 2006.

_____Tending to the Tombs of the Known. Originally printed in the New York Times, May 28, 2006.

xxxxxxMarchione M. Doctors say results justify fact transplant. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, July 4, 2006.

xxxxxxZuaboc M. G-8 Summit must face deadliest issue: infectious disease. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-
_____Times, July 15, 2006.

_____Barboza D. Chinese cash in on cadavers. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, August 8, 2006.

_____Glaser J. Mortality can be a powerful aphrodisiac. Originally printed in the New York Times, August 13, 2006.

_____Barry D. A city's future, and a dead man's lost past: tracing the path of one corpse, from street to steel coffin.
xxxxxx
Originally printed in the New York Times, August 27, 2006.

xxxxxxBadam RT. Photos of corpses spark furor in India, Zoroastrians ban burial, cremation – but not enough
xxxxxxvultures for ritual.
Originally printed in The Chicago Sun-Times, September 8, 2006.

xxxxxxVan Beck T. Reverence for the Dead: Universal Convictions and Moral Feelings. Originally printed in the Dodge
xxxxxxMagazine, September, 2006.

xxxxxxHardy J. Shipping trays: do you get what you pay for? Originally published in Funeral Business Advisor, Fall 2006

xxxxxxMore Human Remains Found at Ground Zero. New York Times, October 22, 2006.

xxxxxxGround Zero Work to Continue Despite Discovery of Remains. New York Times, October 23, 2006.

xxxxxxMedical Views of 9/11's Dust Show Big Gaps. New York Times, October 24, 2006.

xxxxxx3 Trade Center Victims Identified by DNA. New York Times, November 2, 2006

xxxxxxNYC Opens new search for remains at 9/11 site. Chicago Tribune, November 2, 2006.

xxxxxxShe put her mummy on e-bay. Chicago Sun-Times, November 7, 2006.

xxxxxxRitter J. Used pacemaker could keep someone else ticking. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times,
xxxxxxNovember 27, 2006.

xxxxxxCharlton A. When I look in mirror I see me. One year after Frenchwoman receives face transplant. Originally
xxxxxxprinted in the Chicago Sun-Times, November 29, 2006.

xxxxxxEckholm E. Burial Insurance at $2 per week, Survives Skeptics. Originally printed in the New York Times,
xxxxxxDecember 3, 2006.

xxxxxxChen PW. Death Match. Originally printed in the New York Times Magazine, December 3, 2006.

xxxxxxMourners gather at Litvinenko funeral. UK Yahoo News, December, 7, 2006.

xxxxxxMontenegro VA, Trefilio De, et al. Neurological Research. Pedro Ara Anatomic Museum, 2006; 28:115-25.

xxxxxxChivers CJ. Lost at Sea Isn't What It Used To Be: Finding Black Boxes, Retrieving the Dead. (undated)

xxxxxxMourners gather at Litvinenko funeral. Originally published at http://uk.news.yahoo.com

xxxxxxSchuman H. Claude Bernard, Vivisection.. Originally published in Vivisection ;42:257-259.

xxxxxxPalmer S. A Fitting and Proper Tribute. Originally printed in YB News, January 2007.

xxxxxxBones: A love story. Originally printed in Chicago Tribune, February 14, 2007.

xxxxxxHerrmann A. Exhibit, book tell of bungling Lincoln body-snatchers. Originally printed in the Chicago
xxxxxxSun-Times, February 19, 2007.

xxxxxxSmith Decomposing; Brown "looking good." Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, February 24, 2007.

xxxxxxMan Gets World's 3rd Face Transplant. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2007.

xxxxxxWestfeldt A.. WTC Search Could Find Church Relics. Associated Press, March 11, 2007.

xxxxxxCepeda EJ. That final trip home. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times April 8, 2007.

xxxxxxPoovey B. Soldiers' caskets no longer "luggage". Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times April 8, 2007.

xxxxxxJacobs S. Where burying the dead is a luxury for many. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, April 9, 2007.

xxxxxxBaltzell K. The Love We Shared. Originally printed in YB News, April, 2007

xxxxxxTamburlin J., Klicker R., and Simon M. Organ and Tissue Donation Study Results: the role of funeral directors.
xxxxxx
Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, May, 2007

xxxxxxBrown S. Straight talk about organ and tissue donation. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director, May, 2007.

xxxxxxInterest in Home Funerals Grows. Originally printed in Mortuary Management

xxxxxxAn Atypical Burial at the Gothic Cemetery in Maslomecz, Lubin Province, Poland. (Abstract) Originally printed in
xxxxxxPaleopathology Newsletter, 2007; 138:26

xxxxxxStone E. Outsourcing Embalming. Crain's Chicago Business, June 11, 2007

xxxxxxThousands of Corpses Unidentified Across US. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, June 25, 2007

xxxxxxNew York Has Most Unidentified Remains. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, June 25, 2007

xxxxxxVan Beck T. Call to Duty: The Funeral Directors' Response To the Titanic Disaster: The Recovery. Originally
xxxxxxprinted in the Dodge Magazine, Summer, 2007

xxxxxxColleague Wisdom: Visitation. Originally printed in Mortuary Management, June , 2007

xxxxxxRenaissance figures' remains exhumed. Originally printed in Chicago Tribune, July 28, 2007

xxxxxxConfederate sailor buried 143 years later. Originally printed in Chicago Sun-Times, July 29, 2007

_____Lucy gets 1st party in 3 million years. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, August 28,. 2007

_____On 6th anniversary, one more victim is counted. Originally printed in Chicago Sun-Times September 8, 2007

_____Eight bodies, now just bones, are puzzle. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, September 15, 2007

_____Mac McCormick. The Most Cruel War: the history of funeral service and the flu. Originally printed in the American
xxxxxxFuneral Director, September, 2007

_____Urn of Cremated Remains Spurs Evacuation at Airport. Originally printed in the American Funeral Director,
xxxxxxSeptember, 2007

xxxxxxFace time with King Tut. Originally printed in the Chicago Sun-Times, November 8, 2007

New!Face transplant hits a milestone: a smile. Originally printed in the Chicago Tribune, December 13, 2007

New!Mismatch of bones adds to mystery: experts examine remains from victim of 1948 murder. Originally printed
xxxxxxin the Chicago Tribune, December 20, 2007

New!Thanatopsis: Funeral Home Socked with a $750,000 Jury Award. Originally printed in Scientific Sleuthing, 2007,
xxxxxx31:11 and 13.

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