Which of These Statements Concerning the Practice of Embalming and Preparation

question 20

Multiple Choice

Which of these statements concerning the practice of embalming and preparation of the body for burial is true ?

• A)Embalming became popular as a result of the World War I practice of embalming the bodies of soldiers before shipping them home from European battlefields.
• B)The germ theory of disease had little impact on the popularity of the practice of embalming the body after death.
• C)In the 1920s, it was the goal of many funeral directors to make the corpse look as though it were alive.
• D)It was not until the 1950s that licensing agencies began to regulate other aspects of the funeral and the operation of funeral homes.

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