Dr. Richard Burr was a civil war embalmer. You’re probably familiar
with the photograph of him at his tent embalming with no PPE. We credit him
with being the impetus of the establishment of rules for embalmers and
undertakers.  This is because he was allegedly
burning down the embalming tents of his competitors.
 
His last name Burr, sounds a lot like “burn”, making it easy
to recall his role in funeral history.

Dr. Richard Burr was a civil war embalmer. You’re probably familiar with the photograph of him at his tent embalming with no PPE. We credit him with being the impetus of the establishment of rules for embalmers and undertakers. This is because he was allegedly burning down the embalming tents of his competitors. His last name Burr, sounds a lot like “burn”, making it easy to recall his role in funeral history.

Dr. Richard Burr was a civil war embalmer. You’re probably familiar
with the photograph of him at his tent embalming with no PPE. We credit him
with being the impetus of the establishment of rules for embalmers and
undertakers.&nbsp; This is because he was allegedly
burning down the embalming tents of his competitors.
&nbsp;
His last name Burr, sounds a lot like “burn”, making it easy
to recall his role in funeral history.&nbsp;

Richard Burr

A place to help Funeral Service Education Students study. We share mortuary science mnemonics that will help with classes, NEB and state exams. We also help licensed practitioner review concepts from the course they took while in school. This is a Tuesday Evening Publications production.

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