Former mortician here. These aren’t used everywhere or all the time. If your family requests your body be embalmed, all the liquids and semi-solids of your insides will be sucked out of your guts using a hollow spear hooked up to a vacuum. If done right, there should be no liquid left in your body to leak out.
The funeral homes I worked at didn’t have these. If it was necessary to plug the anus, we’d pack it with a bunch of kapok fiber. It’s like cotton but doesn’t absorb liquid.
Former mortician here. These aren’t used everywhere or all the time. If your family requests your body be embalmed, all the liquids and semi-solids of your insides will be sucked out of your guts using a hollow spear hooked up to a vacuum. If done right, there should be no liquid left in your body to leak out.
The funeral homes I worked at didn’t have these. If it was necessary to plug the anus, we’d pack it with a bunch of kapok fiber. It’s like cotton but doesn’t absorb liquid.