ESCO CATALOG
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Executive Offices (U.S.) and Laboratories 5 Colton Road, East Lyme, CT 06333 860 739-4200 Fax: 860 739-4204 Subsidiaries: PoRTi-Boy 5 Colton Road, East Lyme, CT 06333 860 739-4208 Fax: 860 739-4204 To Our Customers As a Funeral Director and/or Embalmer you are important to us. We are most appreciative of the confidence you have demonstrated by favoring us with your orders. We will continue to strive to constantly improve our embalming chemicals and chemical sundries to meet your high standards. This continuing striving for ever better chemical products continues an ESCo reputation that began...

Forward The chemical items listed and illustrated in this catalog are designed, prepared and sold for use on the dead only. They should not be used on the living under any circumstances except for such substances as the soaps and cleaners illustrated. Since embalming chemicals are strong preservatives, they are by their nature, generally irritants to the skin of the living and extremely dangerous if swallowed. Extreme care should be taken to prevent unauthorized access to any such chemicals. They must be kept out of the reach of children who might be too young to read, or might not...

ike most competitors, ESCo differentiates between its chemicals on a usage basis into Drainage, Arterial and Cavity. We further break them down into three broad groups to help the Funeral Director and Embalmer in selecting the most suitable chemicals for a specific case. Existing research and thorough field testing of every ESCo Chemical are your assurance of the finest embalming chemicals you can buy! Triple-Base Chemicals contain Bacterin, and Destrin in addition to formaldehyde. Most contain Lanolin. Each base is present in sufficient quantity to alone preserve the body. ESCo “Pro” Line,...

ESCO’s Background he Embalmers’ Supply Company was born April 13, 1886, as a partnership between C.B. Dolge, a German-born inventor, a businessman, artist and engraver, and Max Huncke, also German-born, and a practicing pharmacist. it operated both as the The Brooklyn Embalming Fluid Company and as Dolge & Huncke in Brooklyn, New york, until 1890, at which time it moved to Westport, Connecticut. in 1893, the partnership was dissolved, the interest of Mr. Huncke being purchased by Mr. Dolge, and the firm was incorporated under the present name. in the early days, we manufactured not only...

Milestones Introduced by the Embalmers’ Supply Company 1887– FiRST American-made instruments and accessories. Prior to this, all embalming products were imported from Germany or made by the user. USA School of Embalming, The United States College of Embalming in New york City, which became the Renouard Training School of Embalmers’ and now the American Academy, McAllister institute in New york City. Commercial Compound-Base Fluid (Arsenic, Mercury and Zinc: optimum), Formaldehyde was not yet available. imported Gallon Commercial Formaldehyde to enter USA from Germany. U.S. Made Commercial...

Powdered incision Sealer. Granulated Dust Free Hardening Compound. Make over of ESCo-LECo to a Non Corrosive NU-LECo. Phenol Based Cavity Fluid. Tried powdered Concentrated Fluid. Silicon Spray to industry. introduction of EPiC LiNE – Better penetration fluid. introduction of DRUG AND STAiN REMoVER introduction of ARoN ALPHA to industry. Desiccating Powder used at skin banks. Plastic Fluid Bottle. introduction of the PRo LiNE. Max. Penetration & Color. 1975 – FiRST 4th Generation as New President of ESCo 1975 Porti-Boy purchased and added to ESCo family of products. 5th Generation started...

he ESCo family of Drainage Chemicals, (Pre-inject) is the premium chemical in the industry. All are formulated to promote, aid, and increase blood drainage from the case by chemical action rather than physical forcing of the blood.They are non-coagulative under all conditions and non-astringent to the smallest of vessels. They are designed to sequester Calcium in the blood whether the blood is liquid, or semi-liquid. They will not adversely affect the corpuscles, blood vascular system, or any Arterial fluids. They are isotonically balanced to break up clots, as well as, lubricate and dilate...

DrainageChemicals PrIMEr Triple-base fluid formulated to sequester Calcium at maximum levels—50% more than any other product—even in hard water. Exclusive incarnadining Agents and Cosmetic factors achieve unsurpassed cosmetic effects and life-like color. Maximum dilation of vessels ensures extensive penetration of arterial chemical and homogeneous distribution of natural color. EPIC DrAInAgE Unmatched in penetration and solvent power on drugs, the triple-base formulation makes EPiC DRAiNAGE equal to the best Arterial fluid as a preservative. When used as directed, the outstanding ability to...

DrainageChemicals SOFnEr The original and still most powerful blood liquefying and mineral sequestering agent in the industry. Sequesters Calcium and other metallic ions which cause clotting. Sofner will eliminate all problems of astringency, distribution, clot formation, streaking, or splotching. Used on arteriosclerotic cases, drainage will be more than expected. Thrombosis and apoplexy cases will embalm as easily as the normal case. DrUg & STAIn rEMOVEr The fastest solvent of drug discolorations and physiological stain on the market. Combined with Drainage chemical it will remove the...

he ESCo/GoLDCREST Arterials offer the embalmer the greatest flexibility of any fluid available. The extensive range of Arterials allows the embalmer to get the desired result regardless of condition of the case. All of the fluids are slightly alkaline and have exceptional germ-killing properties, an unparalleled ability to cross-link with protein, low astringency to blood vessels, and the integumentary layers, and an extraordinary diffusion of life-like tissue color. Minimum application of cosmetics, if at all, is the rule when using ESCo/GoLD CREST Arterials.