Lost, thrown away, was the aim and end of a long life, rich in self-denial and prayer! His soul shed tears of blood, a wild sighing sounded in his ears, which saddened his spirit, and when he went back to his work again, and wanted to remove the soles of the feet [One of the mummies of Prague which were dissected by Czermak, had the soles of the feet removed and laid on the breast.

We learn from Chapter 125 of the Book of the Dead that this was done that the sacred floor of the hall of judgment might not be defiled when the dead were summoned before Osiris.] from a body, his hand trembled so that he could not hold the knife..