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Term
Three early functions of the Barber-Surgeon.
Definition
Blood letting
Surgery
Embalming
Term
The most popular material used in the making of burial receptacles during the 1800s in America.
Definition
Wood
Term
A man who had a patent on a life signal.
Definition
Albert Fearnaught
Term
A man who was the greatest of physiologists and injected colored solution into the arteries to support his theories concerning circulation.
Definition
William Hunter
Term
Which religious group used catacombs?
Definition
Early Christians
Term
Why was the intramural burial much sought after during the Middle Ages?
Definition
Fear of vampires and ghouls
Term
What was Dionysus the god of?
Definition
Wine
Term
Why was dissection forbidden by the clergy in the Middle Ages?
Definition
It was considered impious to mutilate a dead body
Term
During the Middle Ages, as churchyards filled with buried bodies, what did Christians decide to do with their dead?
Definition
Bury them outside the city
Term
Which under officer of the church became responsible for the church's burial site?
Definition
Sexton
Term
An organization that carries material interest as its primary motive.
Definition
Trade organization
Term
During the Middle Ages, what created a health nuisance?
Definition
Intramural burial
Term
What was the most significant contribution of Roman practice to modern funeral practice?
Definition
The secular undertaker
Term
During the Middle Ages, what was a major concern with cemeteries within a city?
Definition
Contagion and sanitation
Term
Who is considered to be the originator of the injection technique of preserving human remains?
Definition
William Hunter
Term
Who made 750 anatomical plates?
Definition
Leonardo da Vinci
Term
For an ancient Greek official, what could happen if they neglected the dead of a proper service and burial?
Definition
A disqualification from office
Term
For the ancient Egyptians, how many major embalming methods were there?
Definition
Three
Term
Where does the origin of the word 'hearse' come from?
Definition
Latin 'hirpex'
Term
The person who introduced cavity embalming by the trocar method.
Definition
Samuel Rogers
Term
'Funeralis' is the Latin term for what?
Definition
Torch light procession
Term
Who was the 'Father of American Embalming'?
Definition
Thomas Holmes
Term
Who was the man responsible for the first school held under institutional auspices (Pulte Medical College)?
Definition
Joseph H. Clarke
Term
What does the Latin term 'hirpex' mean?
Definition
Rake or harrow
Term
Why were torches carried at the head of the procession of the early Christians?
Definition
To show progression of a victorious combatant in God's eye
Term
Who considered the Libitinarius the 'head undertaker'?
Definition
Romans
Term
Person who featured a 4 post 'funeral car' at the New Orleans cotton expo.
Definition
James Cunningham (1844)
Term
Lights (burning torches) carried at the head of a funeral procession indicates a continuance of what?
Definition
Carryover from night funeral processions
Term
What were the black bands worn on arms of gentlemen in mourning called?
Definition
Weeper's bands
Term
Why was burial prohibited within the Roman city walls?
Definition
Concerns regarding sanitation
Term
Who was instrumental in spurring interest in disinfection of remains via chemical embalming?
Definition
Richard Harland
Term
What year was the trocar patented?
Definition
1878
Term
Funeral rite that is adjusted to the needs and wants of those directly involved; altered to suit the trends of the times.
Definition
Adaptive funeral rite
Term
Organization with responsibility to accredit funeral service and mortuary science programs.
Definition
American Board of Funeral Service Education
Term
Early Roman view of the afterlife which emphasizes the soul as the vital principle.
Definition
Animistic view
Term
a national trade association representing The major granite and marble memorial manufacturers and quarries throughout the United States
Definition
American Monument Association
Term
Organizations intended to assist people of the working classes, particularly guild members, to defray the heavy expenses of the funeral and to perpetuate the memory of dead friends; costs were shared by others via weekly collections; were the forerunners of industrial insurance.
Definition
Burial clubs
Term
Raised platform (with or without a canopy) used for a body to lie in state.
Definition
Catafalque
Term
A report published in 1843 on unsanitary conditions in London created by intramural burials and the high cost of funerals; recommended use of a death certificate.
Definition
Chadwick's report
Term
Historical term for funeral procession.
Definition
Cortege
Term
What year was the Cremation Association of North America founded?
Definition
1913
Term
Master of ceremonies and director of the ancient Roman funeral procession
Definition
Designator
Term
Patented in 1848 as form-fitting, airtight metallic coffin designed to improve ability to preserve the body; also had a glass plate to allow for viewing of the face.
Definition
Fisk metallic coffin
Term
Promoted the study and use of cost accounting methods to foster the business interests of its members and to help dispel the aura of mystery that was felt to exist it the public mind regarding the business of funeral directing.
Definition
Funeral Service Bureau of America
Term
A national organization which advances professionalism in funeral service and enhances public knowledge and understanding through education and research.
Definition
Funeral Service Foundation
Term
International trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, funeral service, cremation and memorialization profession.
Definition
International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association
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An organization of independent, family owned funeral homes established in 1928, whose mission is to build and support member interaction, information exchange and professional business development through a wide range of programs, services and resources; membership limited to one funeral home per community.
Definition
International Order of the Golden Rule
Term
An association which guides, aids and supports members in honoring the deceased and comforting the bereaved by preserving, promoting and practicing the customs and traditions of the Jewish funeral.
Definition
Jewish Funeral Directors of America
Term
Became an occupational specialty practiced by women in many larger US cities by the end of the 18th century; predecessor to the undertaker.
Definition
Layers out of the dead
Term
Formed in Middle Ages by laypersons to bury the dead and to pray for the souls of the faithful departed.
Definition
Leagues of Prayer
Term
The ancient Roman goddess of corpses and funerals
Definition
Libitina
Term
An international trade association of persons and firms in the memorial industry.
Definition
Monument Builders of North America
Term
Ancient Viking custom; after deceased was placed in his boat with items necessary for the spirit to maintain the position held on earth, all was cremated and the pyre then covered with earth.
Definition
Mound burial
Term
Established in 1942 as an organization for privately sponsored schools with the goal of advancement of mortuary education.
Definition
National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science
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An organization of concrete burial vault manufacturers, whose purpose is to provide a unified voice for the concrete burial vault industry, and to continually research and develop, then specify and promote minimum performance standards.
Definition
National Concrete Burial Vault Association
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The oldest and largest national association of funeral directors and embalmers organized in 1882, that provides advocacy, education, information, products, programs and services to help members enhance the quality of services to families.
Definition
National Funeral Directors Association
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Organized in 1924 as the
Independent National Funeral Directors Association (present name adopted in 1957); established to represent specific interests of African-American funeral directors.
Definition
National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association
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A combination of salts found in dry lake beds of the desert and used by early Egyptians in preparation of bodies. Deceased covered in the product (sodium chloride, sodium carbonate, sodium sulfate, and potassium nitrate) were dehydrated thus preventing decay.
Definition
Natron
Term
Egyptian god of the underworld and judge of the dead.
Definition
Osiris
Term
Name of the ancient Roman embalmers. They were either slaves or employees of Libitinarius.
Definition
Pollinctores
Term
Catholic belief that those whose souls are not perfectly cleansed undergo a process of cleansing before they can enter heaven.
Definition
Purgatorial doctrine
Term
A limited, invitation-only membership funeral service organization formed in 1917 on the basis of one member firm per city (formerly National Selected Morticians (NSM).
Definition
Selected Independent Funeral Homes
Term
Mortuary fee paid to insure entrance of the decedent’s soul into heaven.
Definition
Soul shot
Term
Organization of college and university based funeral service programs established in 1961.
Definition
University Mortuary Science Education Association
Term
What material was the winding sheet made of?
Definition
Linen
Term
The understanding of reuniting the essential parts of man for life after death was made possible by what group?
Definition
Cult of Osiris
Term
At what time of day were ordinary Roman funerals conducted?
Definition
At night
Term
The belief that all men are created equally and eternal rewards in the afterlife are not assigned according to rank on earth was held by what group?
Definition
Early Christians
Term
The practice of burying clergy with their feet to the East was so they would rise first at Christ's coming to help with what?
Definition
To assist Christ in gathering the flock
Term
The 'religious circuit' which reassembled the essential parts (ka and ba) needed for the Egyptian person's survival in the afterlife.
Definition
Circle of necessity
Term
The Roman influence on funeral service is between what dates?
Definition
753 B.C. - 476 A.D.
Term
Who is considered to be the originator of the injection technique of preserving human remains?
Definition
William Hunter
Term
Early Christians desired to be buried where?
Definition
By their church
Term
Egyptian embalming was introduced during the fourth dynasty at approximately what year?
Definition
2500 B.C.
Term
The Egyptian superintendent of the embalming process.
Definition
Kher-heb
Term
Who is the man known as the 'Father of Embalming' who is credited with the discovery of the first successful system of arterial embalming?
Definition
Fredrick Ruysch
Term
What is the prime function of any accreditation of a mortuary school?
Definition
A protection for the student degree
Term
For the ancient Germans and Scandinavians, what was the true conductor of the dead and emancipator of the soul?
Definition
The cremation flame
Term
The custom of gift giving was brought over to the colonies from which country?
Definition
England
Term
From which early civilization did the Roman society adopt their culture?
Definition
Greek
Term
What was the first state to set up a Board of Health (1869)?
Definition
Massachusetts
Term
What was the name of the plague which lasted from 1664 to 1665 and killed 68,596 people?
Definition
The great plague of London
Term
The first black embalmer.
Definition
Prince Greer
Term
The first Christian Roman emperor.
Definition
Constantine
Term
The first national convention was held in which city?
Definition
Rochester, New York
Term
What color was most popular as a Christian mourning color?
Definition
White
Term
Which group was probably the first to practice cremation as a culture?
Definition
Ancient Greeks
Term
The first state to adopt a regulatory bill to set up boards and develop licensure and educational requirements for embalmers.
Definition
Virginia
Term
The first funeral trolley was first put into use in which city?
Definition
Atchison, Kansas
Term
Which group practiced independent heart and bone burial?
Definition
Christians during the Middle Ages
Term
The gift given by the Dutch that was supposed to resemble a likeness of an apostle.
Definition
Monkey spoon
Term
Which company produced the 'ogee' design?
Definition
A.C. Barstow
Term
Which ancient culture gave an extra allotment of inheritance to the eldest son for upkeep of the tomb?
Definition
Hebrew
Term
The Christian practice of Viaticum was patterned after which Greek procedure?
Definition
Placement of a coin in the mouth of the deceased
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