Empire, Becton, Dickinson & Co.
Rutherford, NJ
An aspirating pump was used to draw the body fluids from the body into an aspirating bottle. An intake hose would go from the body to the nozzle on the pump, and an out-take house would go from the nozzle on the pump to the aspirating bottle.
Prior to the wide spread use of embalming, bodies were often prepared by family members. The person was often laid out on a cooling board to be washed and dressed. This example is about 5 feet in height.
The fluids were placed in this baked enamel container, then feed into the body by a hose attached to the bottom.
Bronson & Son FuneralHome
Milltown, NJ
circa 1925