DOI article:
Smith, Grafton Elliot: A contribution to the study of mummification in Egypt: with special reference to the measures adopted during the time of the 21st dynasty for moulding the form of the body
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On the le£t side the skin o£ the breast has been in part removed to
show the packing material. On the right side the packing in the
mamma has been removed with the skin so as to demonstrate the path •
by which the pebbly sand was introduced under the skin of the breast
from the abdominal cavity.
Figure 2.—The perinaeum and thighs of the mummy of an old woman.
The skin o£ the thighs has been removed so as to reveal the large
cavities traversed by the two femora and tightly packed with mud.
The skin has been removed from the most prominent part of the
mons Veneris so as to demonstrate the linen packing to which its
fulness is due.
The rima pudendi is occupied by linen pushed into the cleft from
the pelvic side.
Plate IX.
Figure 1.—The back of the head and shoulders of the mummy of an old
woman.
A sore (?bedsore) has been covered over by a square pièce of leather.
Figure 2.—The buttocks of the same mummy. A large sheet of leather
hides two large ulcers (?bedsores).
Figure 3.—The back of the shoulders of a mummy from which the skin
has been partly removed to show a pad of linen pushed underneath the
skin from an incision near the acromion.
Figure 4.—The rest of the back of the same mummy. Two large streams
of mud can be seen proceeding from the wound in the left flank, one
into each buttock. The skin has been removed from the surface of
the mud.
Plate X.
Figure 1.—An oblique view of the left flank of the mummy shown in
Pl. VII, fig. 1, after removing the left arm. Part of the wax plate
covering the embalming wound has been left in situ, but its upper
part has been removed to show the wound and the places from which
the packing was introduced (A) in front of the chest (see Pl. VII,
figure 1) and (B) into the back (Pl. IX, figure 4).
Figure 2.—A transverse section across the thorax to show the mud packed
between the vertébral column and the skin of the back.
On the le£t side the skin o£ the breast has been in part removed to
show the packing material. On the right side the packing in the
mamma has been removed with the skin so as to demonstrate the path •
by which the pebbly sand was introduced under the skin of the breast
from the abdominal cavity.
Figure 2.—The perinaeum and thighs of the mummy of an old woman.
The skin o£ the thighs has been removed so as to reveal the large
cavities traversed by the two femora and tightly packed with mud.
The skin has been removed from the most prominent part of the
mons Veneris so as to demonstrate the linen packing to which its
fulness is due.
The rima pudendi is occupied by linen pushed into the cleft from
the pelvic side.
Plate IX.
Figure 1.—The back of the head and shoulders of the mummy of an old
woman.
A sore (?bedsore) has been covered over by a square pièce of leather.
Figure 2.—The buttocks of the same mummy. A large sheet of leather
hides two large ulcers (?bedsores).
Figure 3.—The back of the shoulders of a mummy from which the skin
has been partly removed to show a pad of linen pushed underneath the
skin from an incision near the acromion.
Figure 4.—The rest of the back of the same mummy. Two large streams
of mud can be seen proceeding from the wound in the left flank, one
into each buttock. The skin has been removed from the surface of
the mud.
Plate X.
Figure 1.—An oblique view of the left flank of the mummy shown in
Pl. VII, fig. 1, after removing the left arm. Part of the wax plate
covering the embalming wound has been left in situ, but its upper
part has been removed to show the wound and the places from which
the packing was introduced (A) in front of the chest (see Pl. VII,
figure 1) and (B) into the back (Pl. IX, figure 4).
Figure 2.—A transverse section across the thorax to show the mud packed
between the vertébral column and the skin of the back.