_Sudden Death_ _159_ _CHAPTER XIII._ _The Signs of Death_ _180_ _CHAPTER XIV._ _The Duration of Death-Counterfeits_ _208_ _CHAPTER XV._ _The Treatment of the Dead_ _215_ _CHAPTER XVI._ _Number of Cases of Premature Burial_ _220_ _CHAPTER XVII._ _Embalming and Dissections_ _229_ _CHAPTER XVIII._ _Death-Certification_ _238_ _CHAPTER XIX._ _Suggestions for Prevention_ _257_ _CHAPTER XX._ _Cremation as a Preventive of Premature Burial_ _275_ _CHAPTER XXI._ _Waiting Mortuaries_ _285_ _CHAPTER XXII._ _Conclusion_ _316_ _APPENDIX A._ _Historical Cases of Restoration from Apparent Death_ _325_ _APPENDIX B._ _Resuscitation of Still-Born and other Infants_ _341_ _APPENDIX C._ _Recovery of the Drowned_ _347_ _APPENDIX D._ _Miscellaneous Addenda_ _350_ _APPENDIX E._ _The Jewish Practice of Early Burial_ _353_ _APPENDIX F._ _Summary of Ordinances, etc., Relating to the Inspection of Corpses and of Interments_ _360_ _Bibliography_ _363_ _Index_ _389_ INTRODUCTION. A CONCURRENCE of peculiar circumstances, beginning in May, 1895, has directed public attention in England to the subject of premature burial, probably to a greater degree, so far as the author’s recollection serves, than at any time during the past half-century. Amongst these may be mentioned the publication of several recent cases of premature burial in the English and American papers; the narrow escape of a child found in Regent’s Park, London, laid out for dead at the Marylebone Mortuary, and afterwards restored to life; the issue in Boston, U.S., of Dr. Franz Hartmann’s instructive essay, entitled, “Buried Alive: an Examination into the Occult Causes of Apparent Death, Trance, and Catalepsy” (a considerable number of copies having been sold in England), and the able leading articles and correspondence on the subject in the _Spectator_, _Daily Chronicle_, _Morning Post_, _Leeds Mercury_, _The Jewish World_, _Plymouth Mercury_, _Manchester Courier_, _To-Day_, and many other daily and weekly journals.