Yes, it was my impression that coins were placed on the eyes to keep them closed, at least until rigor mortis set in and the eyelids would stay closed on their own.
While they didn't have the same embalming technology that we do today, it's my understanding that in the 1800's they tended to have funerals pretty quickly in order to get the deceased buried ASAP before the corpse began to rot. But you're right, the eyes are the first to go, being soft tissue and all. However, with Lincoln they embalmed him pretty good for the train ride home, making several stops to replace the embalming fluid. After he was buried he was exhumed in 1901 so that he could be buried in a new tomb. Since there were earlier plots to steal his body, they decided to open the coffin to make sure he was still in there, and he was still in pretty good shape, considering. He was at least still recognizable.
(December 18, 2013 at 1:23 pm)là bạn điên Wrote: The coins held a dual purpose. The eyes go bad pretty quicly and start oozing
While they didn't have the same embalming technology that we do today, it's my understanding that in the 1800's they tended to have funerals pretty quickly in order to get the deceased buried ASAP before the corpse began to rot. But you're right, the eyes are the first to go, being soft tissue and all. However, with Lincoln they embalmed him pretty good for the train ride home, making several stops to replace the embalming fluid. After he was buried he was exhumed in 1901 so that he could be buried in a new tomb. Since there were earlier plots to steal his body, they decided to open the coffin to make sure he was still in there, and he was still in pretty good shape, considering. He was at least still recognizable.
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