CASTOR OIL THE SECRET.
After elaborate experiments it is now declared that the embalming fluid in use by the ancient Egyptians is nothing more nor less than the castor oil of commerce. Instead of some intricate and involved process, the "70 days in natron" was followed by the injection of castor oH, and M. Berthelot, secretary of the Louvre Museum, has established this faet beyond a doubt. Many investigators have vainiy sought to fathom the mystery of the preparation of the preserving unguents, but they have gone about their work with the idea that complicated formulae were to be dedacted and have defeated their own ends through elaborateness of research. Australia is capable of supporting at Iwgt JQO,©©©,©*) inbabit««*«.
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Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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119CASTOR OIL THE SECRET. Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1984, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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