Curry, Dr. James, women predisposed to death-counterfeits, 121; on slow ebbing of life, 174; on exciting the skin as a test, 258; cases cited from, 334. Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, on premature dissections, 233; relates remarkable case of revival after apparent death, 340. _Daily Chronicle_, on lax death-certification, 255. Dalmatia, ordinances of, for inspection of dead, 356. Davies, Major-General T., his account of hibernating jerboa, 40. Dead, the, treatment of, 215; Buffon on same, 215; G. A. Walker on, 215; Fletcher on, in United States, 217; Whiter on, 218; as a department of medical practice, 218. Death-certification, Select Committee on, purport of its evidence, 11; advises authorisations to embalm, 232; evidence before, 238; recommendations of, 239; support of same at medical meeting, 239; questions by as to premature burial, 244. (See under “Certificates.”) Death, counterfeits of, 27; their duration, 208-214; Josat’s table of same, 209; Köppen’s illustrations of same, 212. Death, signs of, popular, 180; scientific, 181-207. (See also under “Tests of Death.”) Death, sudden, the only real cases of, 159; Farr on definition of, 160; Granville on same, 160; Tidy on causes of, 161; Wilder on same, 163; recent instances of, from newspapers, 164-170; from heart-disease, 176; _Manchester Criterion_ on revivals from, 178; Dr. Wilder on risks of premature burial in, 178; laws against early burial after, 179. Death, uncertainty of, 43; G. A. Walker on, 216; _London Review_ on, 316. Death, verification of, 246-256. Denmark, burial and mortuary regulations of, 358. Diaphanous test, the, failure of, 187; Haward on, 188; Gannal on, 191; Orfila on, 191; Richardson on, 192. Dijon, case of awaking in the tomb at, 327. Disraeli, Benjamin, endures a week’s trance, 23. Dissection, premature, probable case of, related by Ogston, 232; Bruhier’s case of, 233; Louis’ case of, 234; Cyclopædia of Pract. Med. on stories of, 234; Le Guern’s case of, 235; Hartmann’s case of, 235; Curran’s case of, 236; case at Lille, 311; by Vesalius, 329; of a Spanish lady, 330. Dog, the, his instinct for the presence of life in Parsee ceremonies, 137, 138; in an Austrian case, 142; in a Moravian case, 143. Donnet, Cardinal Archbishop, relates to French Senate cases of narrow escape from live burial, 71-74; including his own case, 73. Douce, Francis, the antiquary, his fear of being buried alive, 153. Dover, New Hampshire, ordinances of, for verification of death, 252. Drowned, recovery of the, 347; cases of, by Struve, 347; Londe’s case of, 347; Green’s case of, 348; recent cases of (Royal Humane Society), 349. Dryden, Lady, her testamentary provisions, 334.