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
Regulations, against early burial after sudden death, 179;
in Würtemburg for ascertaining real death, 195;
in Bavaria for same, 204-207;
in the Netherlands, 353;
Frankfort, 353;
France, 354;
Austria, 355;
Vienna, 355;
Dalmatia, 356;
Saxony, 356;
Munich, 356;
Calcutta, 357;
Bombay, 357;
Cape Town, 357;
Moscow, 358;
Brussels, 358;
Denmark, 358;
Spain, 359;
Ireland, 359;
United States, 359.
Respiration, artificial, in case of apparent death, 266.
Respiration, failure of, as test of death, 181.
Resuscitation, cases of. (See under “Awaking,” “Escapes,” and
“Rescue.”)
Richardson, Sir B. W., his paper on the Absolute Signs of Death, 10;
cites case of narrow escape, 75;
on effects of narcotics simulating death, 125;
his enumeration of signs of death, 181, 192-194;
applies the tests of death in a case, 189.
_Rigor mortis_ a sign of death, 185.
Rescue from live burial, fatally delayed by formalities, 105;
cases of, 106-110;
cases of, promptly successful, 111-112.
Romans, ancient, their burial practices, 333.
Roper, Dr., relates cases of still-born recovered, 355.
Roy, Dr. Mohan Chunder, on risks of live burial or burning at Benares,
131.
“SAGDEED,” the, ceremony at the Towers of Silence, 138.
Salzburg, case of delayed rescue from live burial at, 108.
Saxony, burial law of, 356.
Schmid, Dr. J., case of sudden death revived, 176.
Scott, Robert, of Scott’s Hall, case of, 335;
his wife’s case, 336.
Servius, cremation delayed among the Latins, 144.
Sethna, Mr. Phiroze C., accompanies the author to the Towers of
Silence, 136.
Shaw, Mr. Oscar F., narrates case of live burial, 53.
Sheffield, a premature death-certificate at, 242.
Silence, Towers of, visit of author to, at Bombay, 136.
Small-pox, cases of suspended animation in, 99.
Snart, Mr. John, on number of live burials, 221.
Somaglia, Cardinal, prematurely embalmed, 230.
Spain, burial practices in, 359.
Spasms of the heart, recovery after supposed death from, 176.
_Spectator, The_, on indifference to the danger, 18.
Spinosa, Cardinal, prematurely embalmed, 230.
Sri Sumangala on risks of live burial or burning in Ceylon, 133.
Stevenson, Dr. A., refuses demand for death-certificate in case of
trance, 97.
Still-born, the, resuscitation of, 341-346.
Struve, Dr. C. A., case of rescue fatally delayed, 106;
on duration of apparent death, 208;
case of recovery by electricity, 262;
cases of recovery of still-born, 342;
of recovery of drowned, 347.
Syncope, statistics of death by, 173;
definition of, 173.
TALMUD, the, its teaching as to burials, 361.
Tanner, Dr. M. S., relates two cases of narrow escape, 76.
Tatham, Dr. John, examined as to live burials, 245.
Terilli, Dr., tardy burial a safeguard, 145.
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