Word: formalyn
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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...Kremlin hurriedly sent to Kharkov for Professor V. Vorobiov, who had developed some of the world's finest injection needles to demonstrate to his anatomy students the workings of blood vessels. With his needles Vorobiov and an assistant named Schabadach injected a solution of formalyn sublimate, skin-colored dyes and ordinary embalming fluid directly into Lenin's skin and tissue, centimeter by centimeter. The painfully minute "tattooing" operation took a month to finish. For years Schabadach made monthly visits to check the body's condition and add further injections as needed...
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