Ukugcoba ukubandakanya kubandakanya ukugcinwa komzimba womntu ofileyo ngokuzenza ngamanyathelo ngamabango. Izindlela zokugcoba zanamhlanje zifezekisa oku (okwethutyana) ngokusetyenziswa kweekhemikhali, ezifana ne-formaldehyde kunye ne-glutaraldehyde, ezifakwe kwi-system circulatory system kunye nemithwalo yomzimba njengoko igazi kunye nezinye izifo zomzimba zisuswa.
Kucingwa ukuba "enye yezobugcisa obude kunabo bonke abantu", amaYiputa aqala ukugcoba malunga no-3200 BC kuba bekholelwa ukuba uvuko lwenkolo luya kwenzeka kuphela ukuba imizimba igcinwe kakuhle. Namhlanje, kwaye ngokuyinhloko eUnited States naseKhanada, izidumbu zomfizi zifumana ukugcoba ngezizathu ezahlukahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa:
• xa intsapho inqwenela inkonzo yomngcwabo kunye nomzimba okhoyo kwi- casket evulekile
• ukubonelela ixesha lamalungu entsapho kunye nabathandekayo ukuba bahambe kumngcwabo womfi
• xa umzimba kufuneka uhambe umgama omde wokujonga isimo, njengokuba xa ukufa kuvela phesheya
• ukugcina ixesha lesidumbu ngophando lwezonyango okanye uphando lwe-anatomical
Igama lokuvela
Igama lokugumbisa livela kwilizwi lekhulu le-14 leminyaka elithi "embaumen," elithetha "ukusebenzisa i-balm okanye ioli." Eli gama livela kwigama elidala laseFransi elithi "embausmer," oku kuthetha "ukugcina isidumbu ngesinkwa." Akumangalisi ukuba igama elithi "balm" (kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zesiganeko zengqondo) libhekisela "kwizinto ezinamakha ezenziwe ngama-resins namafutha," njengebhasamu, iziqholo, imisedare, i-perfumes, njl.
- izinto ezisetyenziswa ngamaYiputa asekuqaleni nakwezinye iinkcubeko ngexesha lokugcoba.
Iintetho ezifanayo
Ukumiswa komzimba kungabhekiselwa kuye njengokugcinwa komzimba, ukulondolozwa kwesikhashana, okanye i-thanatopraxy (igama lesiFrentshi).
> Imithombo:
> "Imvelaphi kunye neembali zokumiswa komzimba" nguEdward C. Johnson, uGail R. Johnson > kunye > noMelissa Johnson. Ukugqumisa: Imbali, iNkcazo, kunye noHlelo lweSihlanu, nguRobert G. Mayer. Iqoqo loMbhali.
> "umquba (v.)." Etymology Dictionary.
> "i-balm (n.)." Etymology Dictionary.