Rosalia
Lombardo was an Italian
child born in 1918 in Palermo, Sicily. She died of pneumonia
on December 6, 1920. Rosalia's father, General Lombardo, was sorely grieved
upon her death, so he approached Alfredo Salafia, a noted embalmer,
to preserve her.[1]
Her body was one of the last corpses to be admitted to the Capuchin catacombs of Palermo in Sicily[1].
She is mummy known as "Sleeping Beauty" because she still looks so
fresh and cute.
Potions that make it still looks fresh mummy a secret for years. However, biological anthropologist from the Institute for Mummies and the Iceman named Dario Piombino-Mascali managed to uncover the concoction that is used to preserve Rosalia. He sought out the materials used from relatives and people close to Alfredo Salafia, a maker taksidermis or expert who died in 1933 preserved. From handwritten notes made, Salafia revealed that he injected chemicals into the body of Rosalia form of formalin, zinc salts, alcohol, salicylic acid, and glycerol.
Formalin is a
material that is currently most commonly used to preserve dead bodies. Mixture
of formaldehyde and water
that kills all the bacteria that cause spoilage of meat. Salafia is one of the
pioneers of the use of chemicals to preserve corpse. While alcohol in dry areas
will serve to maintain Rosalia’s body remains dry so it is more durable against
changes in temperature and humidity.
Glycerol as the oil will prevent the body is too dry and salicylic acid to
prevent mold growth. However, the primary key embalming is the zinc salt.
According to the Johnsons Melissa Williams, Executive Director of the American Society of Embalmers, zinc
is not used in the curing process in the U.S.. “Zinc makes it stiff. You can
lift it from the crate and let it stand,” explained Williams.[2]
Subhanallah,
this phenomenon is so amazing. Allah shows us that nothing is impossible. All
of His creation in the world has its own benefits. We can see Rosalia Lombardo
as a prove that Allah wants His creator to know about his sovereignty. He shows
that through Salafia who can find the magic potions for making Rosalia Lombardo
still look fresh eventhough she was dead. It is magic that Rosalia still looks
cute mummy in her age of 92 years old. Therefore, we should believe that
Allah can do everything to His creature as many as He likes and we should
believe that Allah can do everything to change our life to be better if we try
to change it by ourselves...
Thanks
to Allah... ^_^
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo,
retrieved on Friday, April 20th 2012 at 10.15 a.m.
[2] http://amazingers.com/2011/12/27/rosalia-lombardo-90-years-old-mummy-still-looks-fresh/,
retrieved on Friday, April 20th 2012 at 10.22 a.m.
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