Alfredo Salafia, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfredo Salafia

Sicilian professor of chemistry, and also a noted embalmer and taxidermist

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1869

Place of Birth: Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Date of Death: 31-Jan-1933

Profession: chemist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Alfredo Salafia (November 7, 1869 – January 31, 1933) was a Sicilian embalmer and taxidermist of the 1900s. In December 1920, he embalmed a little girl, Rosalia Lombardo, in Palermo, Sicily at her father's request.
She currently lies in a glass topped, sealed coffin in Palermo's Capuchin friary catacombs (Catacombe dei Cappuccini), and is available for public viewing as one of the best preserved bodies there.
The formula Salafia used to embalm her, found in his handwritten memoirs, involved injecting the body with a solution of formalin, zinc salts, alcohol, salicylic acid, and glycerin.