“A new establishment, which answers its purpose perfectly, has been built in the old cemetery--Charité--and is used for inquests, _post-mortem_ examinations, etc., also for the exhibition of bodies of unknown persons. The bodies are preserved from putrefaction by an apparatus in which refrigeration is produced by ammonia and chloride of calcium, as the Morgue in Paris.” VIENNA. “There is a mortuary in each district of the city to which are brought corpses belonging to families who have imperfect accommodations. “The district doctor must decide whether removal is necessary, as it is his duty to register deaths and their causes. He should at the same time examine into the state of the dwelling from a sanitary standpoint. “In cases of sudden death, and when the cause of death is not apparent, a _post-mortem_ examination must be made. “The bodies of persons who have died from infectious disease must not be taken to the common mortuaries, but to one built in the common cemetery. “Bodies must not be buried in the city. The principal cemetery is at Kaiser-Ebersdorf, north-west of the city, and cost four millions of marks.” STOCKHOLM. “Every parish possesses a mortuary vault. According to the regulations of the Health Commission, bodies must not remain there more than forty-eight hours in the hot season, and seventy-two in the cold weather.” The first modern mortuary was opened at Weimar, Germany, in 1791. In a “Handbook for Travellers in Europe” for 1890, by W. Pembroke Fetridge, p. 622, is the following description of the model mortuary in Weimar:-- “The New Church-yard is a sweet place of its kind. Here may be seen an admirable arrangement to prevent premature burials in cases of suspended animation. In a dark chamber, lighted with a small lamp, the body lies in a coffin. In its fingers are placed strings, which communicate with an alarm clock; the least pulsation of the corpse will ring the bell in an adjoining chamber, where a person is placed to watch, when a medical attendant is at once supplied. There have been several cases where persons supposed to be dead were thus saved from premature burial.” The _Middlesborough Gazette_ of 11th October, 1895, says:--