Glass of Claret anyone?

I love blood.

There.  I've said it. 

Whilst I was draining recently, I was completely mesmerised by the colour, viscosity, clots and the sheer volume.   We embalmers love a good bit of draining.   Of course, pretty much only because it means the rate of decomposition is reduced the more of it we can remove.   But we do love a good bit of drainage.

The largish chap I was embalming really needed a good saturation.  He was to be with us for a couple of weeks, and although its generally chilly of late, I wanted excellent, thorough treatment.  I raised both Carotid Arteries and the right Internal Jugular Vein as my initial injection/drainage points.    He embalmed very well and the quality of his draining blood was additional evidence to me that he would be able to be viewed easily until his funeral.