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- Title
THE LAST ITALIAN PETRIFIER, FRANCESCO SPIRITO (1885-1962), AND HIS METHOD OF PRESERVATION OF ANATOMICAL SPECIMENS.
- Authors
ORSINI, DAVIDE; VAROTTO, ELENA; GALASSI, FRANCESCO M.; MARTINI, MARIANO
- Abstract
This paper offers to the international community of students of the anatomical sciences a brief biographical and historical sketch of the Italian embalmer Francesco Spirito (1885-1962) and his preservative petrification technique. After describing the formula and method he used, the paper examines the educational role played by his preparations and the research potential they offer.
- Subjects
ANATOMICAL specimens; ANTHROPOLOGY; EMBALMING; TEACHING; HUMAN anatomy
- Publication
Anthropologie, 2022, Vol 60, Issue 3, p537
- ISSN
0323-1119
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.26720/anthro.22.05.17.2