The Art Attacks at Dermi

Carl was hired by Professor Ward at a starting salary of $3.50 a week. He would work 12 hour workdays, have room and board taken out of his salary. To stuff an animal, the skin would first be treated with salt, alum, and arsenic soap,. The bones wired and wrapped and put back inside the legs. And once hung upside down, the skin literally stuffed with straw or sawdust until it could hold no more.