[Sharon]

Rosalia Lombardo died in Italy at the age of 2 and was interred in the Capuchin catacombs in Palermo. She has lain in a glass-topped coffin since 1920, showing little signs of decomposition, earning her the nickname “Sleeping Beauty”. The same cannot be said for the thousands of others on display in the catacombs.


Whole-body CT


Overview of the whole-body CT.
(A) Coronal multi-planar reformatted (MPR) image shows the head, trunk and thighs. The skeleton is preserved with differentiation between hyperdense cortical and hypodense spongy bone (dotted arrows). The surrounding soft tissues appear as a relatively homogeneous mass. Intracranially, parts of the dura are visible (short arrows). The thoracic cavity is separated from the abdominal cavity by a predominantly visible hyerpdense diaphragm (long arrow). The abdomen is distinctly widened and inflated. Note the preservation of the trachea including the lower bifurcation (asterisk).

(B) Sagittal MPR image of the head and trunk shows a board inserted on an angle at the front end, lifting Rosalia's head. The position of the vertebral column is unremarkable. The spinal cord terminates in the cauda equina at the level of approximately lumbar vertebra 1 (arrow). The oropharynx and the nasal cavity are inflated. Preservation of the tongue is visible (asterisk).

[laal]

That's nice. I wonder what kind of preserving material was used.

[Sharon]

Originally Posted by laal ↗

That's nice. I wonder what kind of preserving material was used.

Whatever is was, they did an amazing job!

[Shawna]

She's a little cutie.

[laal]

1 part glycerin, 1 part formalin saturated with both zinc sulfate and chloride, and 1 part of an alcohol solution saturated with salicylic acid. this was the said formula.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...ily-mummy.html

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[freakydeeky]

Ah, I would like to see the little sleeping beauty...