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The methods therefore used by the Egyptians of the XXIst dynasty for preserving 
the bodies of their friends were of the simplest ; namely, pickling in salt solution and 
filling up with sand or mud to absorb moisture. These methods were sufficient to pre- 
serve the histological structure of the tissues. 
The observations on which this paper is based were made more than two years 
ago. Dr. Willmore showed some of the sections at the British Medical .\ssociation in 
July 1908, and I demonstrated them at a meeting of the Cairo Scientific Society in 
December of the same year. 
The paper and the illustrations accompanying it were finished more than one 
year ago, but publication was delayed until the Institut Egyptien very generously 
offered to bear the greater part of the expense. I may be permitted therefore to offer 
my best thanks to the members of the Institut for their kindness and generosity. 
The delay has been in some measure an advantage. It has enabled me to control 
my work over and over again, and I have found no reason to alter this account of my 
observations. Indeed, the hope expressed in this paper that histological investigations 
would add to our knowledge of the pathology of ancient Egypt, has since been fulfilled. 
Ramleh 1910. 
