203 Exam 3 Section#5 CREMATION || A+ GRADED.
b. Secondary chamber correct answers -afterburner; smaller than primary chamber; has a
burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as afterburner chamber
Classification of waste
d. Type 4: correct answers human and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid organic waste
from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds.
Classification of waste
c. Type 1-3: correct answers rubbish, refuse, garbage
. Heat: in cremation- correct answers heat initiate from a gas burner. Burner is used to raise
the temp of the cremation unit there combustion of human remains is possible
Other post cremation merchandise
2. Specialty items correct answers a. thumbprint impressions
b. artwork
c. diamonds
d. fireworks
e. tattoos
f. records
g. other
Permanent containers (urn)
(2) Materials correct answers (a) Metal
(b) Wood
(c) Marble
(d) Ceramic
(e) Plastic or polymer
(f) Other
What is the Cremation Rate in Feb 2019? correct answers 62.65%
(A few) Top states ranked by % of cremations. correct answers Washington, Nevada,
Oregon, Maine
(A few) bottom states ranked by % of cremations correct answers Mississippi, Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee
Impacts of the sanitation movement correct answers 1. Cholera outbreak
2. Impact of immigrants
3. Sanitation movement in England and America was responsible for the increase of
cremations
4. Miasma versus Germ Theory
Germ Theory correct answers the theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain
microbes
,Who proposed the germ theory? correct answers Louis Pasteur
Miasma Theory correct answers The theory that diseases were caused by miasma or bad air
arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions of the local environment.
Miasma theory changed into the Germ theory because they discovered that..? correct answers
diseases couldn't be transfers by the air, but by specific germs.
Dr. Julius LeMoyne correct answers Built first American crematory in 1876 Washington,
Pennsylvania for him and his friends.
What where Dr. LeMoyne original arguments for cremation published in 1878? correct
answers Natural law argument
Sanitary argument
Economical argument
Religious Argument
Social Argument
Political Argument
Doc LeMoyne
Political argument correct answers Cremation treats the body of a prince as it does that of a
peasant
Doc LeMoyne
Social Argument correct answers Poor spent to much money on trying to imitate the wealthy,
which they cant afford.
Doc LeMoyne
Religious Argument correct answers He claimed the bible didnt fully support burial OR
cremation, leaving method of disposition lacking clarity.
Doc LeMoyne
Economical Argument correct answers He believed people spent way to much, it could be
used more usefully. Cremation cost was about 20% of a traditional burial.
Doc LeMoyne
Sanitary argument correct answers Vile Odors of decomp are to be avoided because they
spread diseases. Cremation can destroy unpleasant elements arising from decomp in the grave
Doc LeMoyne
Natural Law Argument correct answers the role of removing decomp matter. God's will to
protect health and life of man by removing all decomp matter. Cremation simply replaces the
process more efficiently.
Baron dePalm correct answers -first cremation in modern America; scientific progress and
rural simplicity; opponents denounced it as Satan's errand
John L. Dye correct answers built Dr. LeMoyne's crematory; built second crematory in U.S.
at Rosedale Cemetery (first on West Coast) in Los Angeles
, Cremation Association of North America
(CANA) correct answers 1913
a. Dr. Hugo Erichson founded Cremation Society of America
b.founded to promote cremation as the "safe and hygienic" way of disposing of a human
remains
c. became a concern with the proper treatment and respect for those who chose cremation
d. members sign a Code of Cremation Practice to uphold high standards of ethics, education,
and consumer information
Who founded Cremation Society of America correct answers Dr. Hugo Erichson
Who founded Telophase Society?
where?
and when? correct answers Thomas Webber
San Diego
1971
Telophase Society correct answers selling cremation for profit
and focused on selling cremation, NOT products and services
Telophase means what in physiology? correct answers last stage of cell division
1.Who started Neptune Society?
2.Where it started?
3.When it started?
4.some attributes of this society? correct answers 1. Charles Denning (aka Colonel Cinders)
2. San Francisco
3. 1977
4. a. offered "services" as opposed to direct cremation
b. scattering at sea
c. flashy demeanor vs. dark suits
. Legislation and opposition correct answers a. California Funeral Director's Association
b. Societies and cremation clubs classified as funeral homes
c. Subject to regulation by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Growth in, and acceptance of, cremation
1. German ethnic groups correct answers a. tradition of "fire burial" in Germany
b. German Americans heavily involved in cremation societies
Growth in, and acceptance of, cremation
2. Medical professionals correct answers a. American Medical Association-mixed support
b. Secondary chamber correct answers -afterburner; smaller than primary chamber; has a
burner that burns gases, smoke and particulates; often referred to as afterburner chamber
Classification of waste
d. Type 4: correct answers human and animal remains; carcasses, organs, solid organic waste
from hospitals, labs, abattoirs, and animal pounds.
Classification of waste
c. Type 1-3: correct answers rubbish, refuse, garbage
. Heat: in cremation- correct answers heat initiate from a gas burner. Burner is used to raise
the temp of the cremation unit there combustion of human remains is possible
Other post cremation merchandise
2. Specialty items correct answers a. thumbprint impressions
b. artwork
c. diamonds
d. fireworks
e. tattoos
f. records
g. other
Permanent containers (urn)
(2) Materials correct answers (a) Metal
(b) Wood
(c) Marble
(d) Ceramic
(e) Plastic or polymer
(f) Other
What is the Cremation Rate in Feb 2019? correct answers 62.65%
(A few) Top states ranked by % of cremations. correct answers Washington, Nevada,
Oregon, Maine
(A few) bottom states ranked by % of cremations correct answers Mississippi, Alabama,
Kentucky, Tennessee
Impacts of the sanitation movement correct answers 1. Cholera outbreak
2. Impact of immigrants
3. Sanitation movement in England and America was responsible for the increase of
cremations
4. Miasma versus Germ Theory
Germ Theory correct answers the theory that infectious diseases are caused by certain
microbes
,Who proposed the germ theory? correct answers Louis Pasteur
Miasma Theory correct answers The theory that diseases were caused by miasma or bad air
arising from organic decay, filth, or other conditions of the local environment.
Miasma theory changed into the Germ theory because they discovered that..? correct answers
diseases couldn't be transfers by the air, but by specific germs.
Dr. Julius LeMoyne correct answers Built first American crematory in 1876 Washington,
Pennsylvania for him and his friends.
What where Dr. LeMoyne original arguments for cremation published in 1878? correct
answers Natural law argument
Sanitary argument
Economical argument
Religious Argument
Social Argument
Political Argument
Doc LeMoyne
Political argument correct answers Cremation treats the body of a prince as it does that of a
peasant
Doc LeMoyne
Social Argument correct answers Poor spent to much money on trying to imitate the wealthy,
which they cant afford.
Doc LeMoyne
Religious Argument correct answers He claimed the bible didnt fully support burial OR
cremation, leaving method of disposition lacking clarity.
Doc LeMoyne
Economical Argument correct answers He believed people spent way to much, it could be
used more usefully. Cremation cost was about 20% of a traditional burial.
Doc LeMoyne
Sanitary argument correct answers Vile Odors of decomp are to be avoided because they
spread diseases. Cremation can destroy unpleasant elements arising from decomp in the grave
Doc LeMoyne
Natural Law Argument correct answers the role of removing decomp matter. God's will to
protect health and life of man by removing all decomp matter. Cremation simply replaces the
process more efficiently.
Baron dePalm correct answers -first cremation in modern America; scientific progress and
rural simplicity; opponents denounced it as Satan's errand
John L. Dye correct answers built Dr. LeMoyne's crematory; built second crematory in U.S.
at Rosedale Cemetery (first on West Coast) in Los Angeles
, Cremation Association of North America
(CANA) correct answers 1913
a. Dr. Hugo Erichson founded Cremation Society of America
b.founded to promote cremation as the "safe and hygienic" way of disposing of a human
remains
c. became a concern with the proper treatment and respect for those who chose cremation
d. members sign a Code of Cremation Practice to uphold high standards of ethics, education,
and consumer information
Who founded Cremation Society of America correct answers Dr. Hugo Erichson
Who founded Telophase Society?
where?
and when? correct answers Thomas Webber
San Diego
1971
Telophase Society correct answers selling cremation for profit
and focused on selling cremation, NOT products and services
Telophase means what in physiology? correct answers last stage of cell division
1.Who started Neptune Society?
2.Where it started?
3.When it started?
4.some attributes of this society? correct answers 1. Charles Denning (aka Colonel Cinders)
2. San Francisco
3. 1977
4. a. offered "services" as opposed to direct cremation
b. scattering at sea
c. flashy demeanor vs. dark suits
. Legislation and opposition correct answers a. California Funeral Director's Association
b. Societies and cremation clubs classified as funeral homes
c. Subject to regulation by the Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers
Growth in, and acceptance of, cremation
1. German ethnic groups correct answers a. tradition of "fire burial" in Germany
b. German Americans heavily involved in cremation societies
Growth in, and acceptance of, cremation
2. Medical professionals correct answers a. American Medical Association-mixed support
