Premature Burial and How It May Be PreventedTebb, William
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Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented
Tebb, William
Burial, Premature
Jews, hasty burials among, opposed, 146;
cases of, restored to life by delay, 146, 147, 148;
their law of burial criticised, 150;
funeral practices of, 332;
history of their practice of early burial, 360;
discussions on same, 361.
_Jewish World_, on the special risk of live burial amongst Jews, 150.
Jeypore, fakir in a trance at, 44.
Johnson, Walter, exhibits himself in a trance, 48.
Jones, Rev. Harry, relates cases of escape from live burial, 100.
Josat, Dr., on absence of cardiac action at birth, 182;
statistics of duration of apparent death, 209;
on interval between apparent and real death, 310.
Joseph, Mr., on risks of premature burial or burning in Ceylon, 132.
KENNY, Dr. J. E., M.P., disposal of the dead in Ireland, 301.
Kerthomas, M. H. L., relates revival of corpse at Lille, 311.
Kesteven, Mr. W. B., on fallacy of cardiac test of death, 182.
Kite, Dr. Charles, on uncertain signs of death, 14.
Köppen, H. F., case of rescue from grave fatally delayed, 106;
cases of long vitality in coffin or grave, 212-214;
cites estimate of ratio of live burials, 220.
Kuhn, Dr., reports on trance, 50.
LABORDETTE, Dr. A. de, on fallacy of clenched jaws as sign of death,
187.
Lagenberg, Van, Dr., information from, as to premature burials at
Colombo, 130.
_Lancet, The_, on the horror of live burial, 16;
on a case of revival from death-trance at Nuneaton, 67;
on cholera patients buried alive, 149;
on reality of premature interment, 155;
on diagnosis of apparent death, 196;
on lax death-certification, 243;
on mortuaries, 293;
its testimony, 318;
on recovery of the still-born, 346.
Lancisi, Dr., his belief in reanimation, 13;
opposes delay in burial, 144.
Laurens, Miss, her recovery from apparent death, 340.
Lénormand, Dr. Léonce, enumerates death-like conditions, 127;
on apparent death in cases of apoplexy, 175;
on delay of asphyxia in coffin, 210;
estimates ratio of live burials, 223;
on laxity of the _médécins verificateurs_, 246.
Lesbos, Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of, his escape from live burial,
98.
Levitical law of corpses and burials, 360.
Lethargy, synonym of trance, 23, 28.
Lightning-stroke, cases of apparent death from, 192, 371.
Lignières, Dr. de, on premature burials from hotels, 152;
on large ratio of uncertain deaths, 201.
Lindsay, Sir W., his escape from live burial, 64.
Londe, Dr. Charles, on duration of breathing in a coffin, 210;
relates case of tardy recovery after immersion, 348.
London, burial-grounds of, 283;
mortuaries of, 295-298.
Looking-glass test of death, 180.
Louis, Dr. Antoine, relates case of premature dissection, 234.
Lytton, Edward Bulwer, Baron, his dread of being buried alive, 154.
MACNISH, Dr., on trance, 22.
Madden, Dr. T. More, cases of death-counterfeits, 27.
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