THE MAGIC ONION
A Washington scientist, after years of experimenting, declares that the juice of the leak, or garlic, is the secret of the fluid with which, magically, the ancient Egyptians embalmed bodies. He asserts that it was with garlic and onions that the ancient cults were able to make their bodies ndestructiblo to the grave. Not only may the remarkable discovery fulfil again, after many' centuries, the longing of every individual to escape bodily decay and degeneration after death but it may also be of immense value in medicine -and law. Criminologists claim that through the balsam a new field of crime detection may be opened. Years after burial it may bo possible to exhume a body and ascertain the cause of death as easily as by an autopsy on the day of the occurrence . Organisms treated with the fluid may be soaked in plain water, the Washingtonian claims, and immediately returned to their natural plasticity, size and colour, no matter how long they have been without life.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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169THE MAGIC ONION Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3576, 6 April 1927, Page 5
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