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#FuneralFactFriday: Bodies Can Turn GREEN 🍀
Yes, it’s true, and not just on St. Patrick’s Day. It happens when a person with jaundice is embalmed using high index formaldehyde fluids.
Jaundice is a yellow discoloration found in both living and dead people. It's caused by a buildup of bile pigments in the skin, eyes, bodily fluids, and tissue, often resulting from problems with the liver, gallbladder, or pancreas. A person with liver failure, cirrhosis, or hepatitis is often yellow tinged.
During embalming, formaldehyde can change the yellow bilirubin into green biliverdin. It can range from mild to moderate to extreme. Special embalming fluids (like glutaraldehyde) exist to help mitigate the color issues, but the primary concern is preservation. Color correction is secondary. If the color can’t be addressed with proper fluids and internal dyes, we can use cosmetics and colored lighting to help mask the green.
Fun fact: old school embalmers perpetuated a belief that we could flush jaundiced bodies with milk before injecting embalming fluid. That’s just preposterous. Don’t do that!
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“Pubs. The official sunblock of Ireland.”—Unknown
Happy St. Patrick's Day🍻
📸 Phillip Glickman
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Every time a Yank says "Happy St. Patty's Day" an angel loses its wings.
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Happy St Patty’s Day from the parade in Savannah! Wear your green!
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“I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people.”—Michael D. Higgins
📸 Ma_Frank
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Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Enduring Games team!
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Make sure to wear some green today!
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“They say the clouds are lower in Ireland. I say Ireland is closer to Heaven.”—Michael Vatis
Happy St. Patrick's Day🍀
📸 Steije Hillewaert
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Artist unknown. Publisher: Lawrence (Dublin). 1905-1910. National Library of Norway. flickr.
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Wordle 636 2/6*
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Sometimes things just happen. Must be the luck of the Irish. #wordle #stpattysday
“Ireland is a little country which raises all the great questions.”—Gustave de Beaumont
Are you celebrating today? 🇮🇪
📸 Taylor
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Looking for something 🍀GREEN🍀to make for St. Patrick’s Day? 🌈How about these Sneaky Green Muffins? They’re subtly sweet, loaded with fiber, and the baby greens are difficult to detect. 🕵🏻♀️
You can get the recipe here: https://plantnoms.com/breakfast/sneaky-green-muffins/
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Transitioning from a snow theme to our decorations to a St. Patrick's Day theme. #StPatricksDay #StPattysDay #decoration
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Lá Fhéile Pádraig Shona! Happy St. Patrick's Day! #j2dw #stpatrick #stpatricksday #stpattysday #green #shamrock