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VI. An AhJlraH of a ^oo{j Entitukd^ 
NEKPOKHAEIA: Or^ The Art of Embalming; 
wherein is Jhewn the ^ght of Burial and Funeral 
Ceremonies^ efpeciaUy that of TreferVmg Bodies af^ 
ter the Egyptian Method. Togethr with an Account 
of the Egypthn Mummies^ pyramids ^ Subterranean 
Vaults and Lamfs^ and their Opinion of the Mcrem- 
pfychofis, the Caufe of their Embalming : As alfo 
a Geographical defcription of Egypt, the ([{ife and 
Courfe of the Nile, the Temper^ Conjlitution and 
Thyflck^ of the Inhabitants 5 their Inyentions^ ArtSy 
Sciences^ Stupendiom Works and Sepulchres^ and 0- 
ther curious Obf creations any ways relating to the ^hy^ 
fiology and J^owledge of this Art. Tart L Illu^ 
. flrated with a Map and fourteen Sculptures. !By 
Tho. Greenhiil, Surgeon. In 4^0. London, 1705. 
IN confidering the great Iiicroachments and daily Abufes^^ 
of the Vfjdertakers by praftifing the Baljkmc Art, a$ 
alfo how little had been wrote on that fubjed, the Au- 
thor was willing to vindicate the Honour ot his Company, 
and to retrieve the Praftice or fo ancient, fo ufeful, and 
fo noble an Art as that of Embalming : He was therefore 
defirous that feme Ingenious and Learned Perfon, through- 
ly qualify *d by the Knowledge and Praftice ot the feveral j 
Branches of Phjfick^ might have undertaken this Work ^ 
but meeting with none that would give themfelves fo 
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