Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented

Name: Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented
Author: Tebb, William

Tebb, William

Burial, Premature

Farquharson, Dr. R., M.P., on lax death-certification, 240;
    examines a witness as to live burial, 245.

  Farr, Dr. William, on definition of sudden death, 160.

  Fear of premature burial, _Spectator_ on, 18, 153-158;
    eminent subjects of, 153, 154;
    Rev. John Kingston on prevalence of, 156.

  Ferrier, Dr., on signs of death, 184.

  _Figaro, Le_, correspondence in, on live burial, 228.

  Fletcher, Dr. Moore Russell, on animal hibernation, 42;
    relates cases of narrow escape, 76-88;
    on negligent treatment of the dead, 217;
    on restoratives, 265.

  Floyer, Dr. F. A., relates case of narrow escape, 81.

  Forestus on possibility of recovering supposed dead, 331.

  Formalities, fatal consequences of, 105.

  Foster, Sir Walter, M.D., examines a witness as to live burial, 245.

  Fothergill, Dr. A., on cadaveric countenance, 187;
    on the art of restoring animation, 320.

  France, laws of, relating to burials, 354.

  Frankfort, regulations for inspection of the dead, 353.

  Froriep, M., cited as to ratio of revivals in grave, 222.


  GAIRDNER, Dr. W. T., case of trance for twenty-three weeks, 23-27.

  Gannal, Dr. Félix, his valuable Bibliography, 3;
    on putrefaction the only real test, 185;
    on diaphanous test, 191;
    on fallacious signs of death, 203.

  Gaubert, M., his estimate of ratio of live burials, 226;
    his essay proves that waiting mortuaries are useful, 309.

  _Gazette Medicale_ on putrefactive test, 183.

  _Gazette Medicale d’ Orient_ asserts live burials at Constantinople,
      147.

  Germany, waiting mortuaries of, 11;
    movement in, to prevent premature interment, 146.

  Gibbons, Dr. P. J., on premature embalming, 231.

  Glycas, Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Lesbos, escapes live burial, 98.

  Goa, resident of, prematurely coffined, 133.

  Godfrey, Mrs., case of, 339.

  Gooch, Dr., his case of catalepsy, 34.

  Goodman, Mrs., celebrated case of, 339.

  Gowers, Dr. W. R., on trance, 22;
    on catalepsy, 32;
    on predisposition to same, 120.

  Granville, Dr. A. B., on sudden death, 160.

  Graves, Dr. F., relates case of escape from live burial, 254.

  Green, Anne, case of, at Oxford, 328.

  Green, Dr. J. W., case of tardy recovery after immersion, 348.

  Guern, M. le, his experience of frequency of live burial, 223;
    relates case of premature dissection, 235.

  Guy, Dr. W. A., on neglect of the subject in England, 10.


  HANGED person, the heart beating at the dissection of a, 172;
    recovery of a, 328.

  Hanham, Mr. T. C. Swinburne, on safeguards used by Cremation Society,
      281.

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Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented

Tebb, William

Burial, Premature

Farquharson, Dr. R., M.P., on lax death-certification, 240;
    examines a witness as to live burial, 245.

  Farr, Dr. William, on definition of sudden death, 160.

  Fear of premature burial, _Spectator_ on, 18, 153-158;
    eminent subjects of, 153, 154;
    Rev. John Kingston on prevalence of, 156.

  Ferrier, Dr., on signs of death, 184.

  _Figaro, Le_, correspondence in, on live burial, 228.

  Fletcher, Dr. Moore Russell, on animal hibernation, 42;
    relates cases of narrow escape, 76-88;
    on negligent treatment of the dead, 217;
    on restoratives, 265.

  Floyer, Dr. F. A., relates case of narrow escape, 81.

  Forestus on possibility of recovering supposed dead, 331.

  Formalities, fatal consequences of, 105.

  Foster, Sir Walter, M.D., examines a witness as to live burial, 245.

  Fothergill, Dr. A., on cadaveric countenance, 187;
    on the art of restoring animation, 320.

  France, laws of, relating to burials, 354.

  Frankfort, regulations for inspection of the dead, 353.

  Froriep, M., cited as to ratio of revivals in grave, 222.


  GAIRDNER, Dr. W. T., case of trance for twenty-three weeks, 23-27.

  Gannal, Dr. Félix, his valuable Bibliography, 3;
    on putrefaction the only real test, 185;
    on diaphanous test, 191;
    on fallacious signs of death, 203.

  Gaubert, M., his estimate of ratio of live burials, 226;
    his essay proves that waiting mortuaries are useful, 309.

  _Gazette Medicale_ on putrefactive test, 183.

  _Gazette Medicale d’ Orient_ asserts live burials at Constantinople,
      147.

  Germany, waiting mortuaries of, 11;
    movement in, to prevent premature interment, 146.

  Gibbons, Dr. P. J., on premature embalming, 231.

  Glycas, Nicephorus, Metropolitan of Lesbos, escapes live burial, 98.

  Goa, resident of, prematurely coffined, 133.

  Godfrey, Mrs., case of, 339.

  Gooch, Dr., his case of catalepsy, 34.

  Goodman, Mrs., celebrated case of, 339.

  Gowers, Dr. W. R., on trance, 22;
    on catalepsy, 32;
    on predisposition to same, 120.

  Granville, Dr. A. B., on sudden death, 160.

  Graves, Dr. F., relates case of escape from live burial, 254.

  Green, Anne, case of, at Oxford, 328.

  Green, Dr. J. W., case of tardy recovery after immersion, 348.

  Guern, M. le, his experience of frequency of live burial, 223;
    relates case of premature dissection, 235.

  Guy, Dr. W. A., on neglect of the subject in England, 10.


  HANGED person, the heart beating at the dissection of a, 172;
    recovery of a, 328.

  Hanham, Mr. T. C. Swinburne, on safeguards used by Cremation Society,
      281.

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