Pounds of body weight per gallon of finished solution. 50 is the common working figure.
Sex is used only as a small body-composition adjustment to lean-mass fraction. It is the weakest input on this page — build, edema and cause of death matter far more.
Interval — embalming to viewing / disposition
Days the body must hold. This is the single biggest driver after cause of death — a three-week hold needs a materially different regimen than a three-day one.
2 · Cause & conditions
Select every condition that applies — they stack. Each one's effect on the suggested strength is itemized in section 4.
3 · Fluid & strength
Index
Target strength %
Index is the figure on your bottle label — always read it off the label rather than from memory, indexes differ between products in the same line. The chips are common index values for quick entry, not product claims.
House standard %
Your trained normal for an uncomplicated adult case. Every base range and every case-factor adjustment in section 4 scales from this figure, so set it once and the whole engine follows.
CXV working
4 · Suggested strength
Suggested target range
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How the range was built
Decision support only
These figures are a starting point derived from the inputs above. They do not replace your assessment at the table, the directions on the product label, or the requirements of your licensing jurisdiction. Distribution, drainage and firmness observed during injection govern the final call.
5 · Additives & cavity
Doses are editable starting points, not label facts — confirm every one against the manufacturer's directions. Additives displace water, so the water figure below already accounts for them.
Pre-injection stage
Gallons
Counted inside the total volume, or on top of it.
Cavity fluid — suggested load
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Cavity chemical
6 · Mix card
Per gallon of solution
Component
oz / gal
Total oz
7 · Condition guide
Study aid, not a protocol
Written to the standard curriculum treatment of these conditions. Where your school's material or your licensing jurisdiction says otherwise, they govern — not this page.
8 · Assessment sheet
Fills the Selection of Fluids fields in the order the Final Practical Embalming Assessment asks for them, and drafts the written rationale from your case analysis. Everything only you can judge — vessels, pressure, rate — is left as a marked blank.
Drafted rationale — “what strength and why”
9 · Case log
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Before you use this
Built as a bedside reference for a licensed embalmer. Verify indexes and additive doses against the bottle in your hand every time. Saved cases live in this browser on this device only — they are not backed up anywhere, so copy anything you need to keep into your own case file.