title: [CORPSE CONSERVATION: ATTILIO MAGGIA'S PREPARATIONS].
abstract: The authors analyze Attilio Maggia's method of corpse conservation. His method was based on development of formaline vapours and preservation of corpse into a hermetically closed coffin (U.S.Patent 1150688 - Aug. 17, 1915). The corpses preserved could also be hardened after the treatment, exposing them to the air. Attilio Maggia (1864-1945) treated the corpse of italian writer Giovanni Verga (1840-1922). Some Maggia's preparations were preserved into obstetrical museum at Milan University: they are lost, but some records remain (an old inventory register) and attest us the industry of this physician.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Porro
authors.forename: Antonia Francesca
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: Paolo M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Galimberti
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lorusso
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Falconi
mesh_terms: D002102:Cadaver; D004615:Embalming / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States