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A.
Athens, Law there to prevent premature interment, [3]
Asia, Dead bodies kept there several days before burial, [10]
Abbé Provost, remarkable circumstance attending, [24]
Ackland, Sir Hugh, and his Brandy footman, Story of, [28]
Acilius Aviola, burnt to death, for want of being first examined, [60]
Armenius Erus, returns to life, after being apparently dead, [69]
Alexander, Dr. Story related by, [69]
Aberdeen, remarkable affair happened there, [115]
Ancients, remarkable Tombs and Lamps of, [121]
Atestes, a Town in Italy, Lamp found there that had been burning 1500 years, [130]
Austin, St., Lamp mentioned by him that continued burning 1050 years, [133]
Addison, Mr., his story of the Rosicrucian Lamp, [134]
Alice Hackney, her body found perfect after 175 years interment, [136]
Arthur, King and his wife, their bodies found after 600 years burial, [138]
B.
Boy, remarkable recovery of after being laid out for dead, [20]
Benedictus, Alexander, his story of a Lady buried alive, [31]
Baldock, Master, resuscitated, after apparent death, [65]
Burying in churches and confined church-yards, danger of, [96]
Buchan, Dr., his observations on burying in the midst of Cities, [116]
Baptistæ Portæ, account by, of a burning Lamp, secreted before the advent of Christ, [129]
Braybrook, Robert, his body found after 262 years interment, [137]
Brydone, Mr., his account of a remarkable burying-place near Palermo, [140]
Body found in a Vault, curious particulars of, [ib.]
Bononiæ, Church of, a perfect body found there, [150] years after burial, [149]
Body buried sixty two Olympiads, described by Pausanius, [150]
C.
Cicero, his observations concerning the Dead, [1]
Coach office Director, restored to life after being supposed dead, [19]
Civile, Francis. Remarkable story of, [25]
Cardinal Espinolæ, ditto, [23]
Cornwall, Lady there, ditto, [70]
Colchester, a child there, nearly buried alive, [74]
Churches, observations on the pernicious custom of burying there, [96]
Ditto, ditto, ditto, [98]
Ditto, ditto, ditto, [104]
Contagion from opening new Graves, how to prevent, [107]
Cleopatra’s Tomb, account of, [126]
Cedrenus, his description of a wonderful Lamp, [128]
Constantine Chlorus, burning Lamp found in his tomb, [ib.]
Constantine and Irene, remarkable sepulchre found in their time, [147]
Cœciliæ, church of, body found there, buried upwards of 300 years, [ib.]
D.
Dead bodies improperly treated, [10] to 18
Death, difficulty of distinguishing when persons are really so, [78]
Dead, various methods of burying by different Nations, [83]
Dead bodies, how to preserve safe in their graves, [120]
Dr. Parsons extraordinary story, [121]
Dunfermline Church, body of a young Man found there, [144]
Dominick, St. Church of, remarkable body found there, [149]
E.
Egyptians particularly careful of their dead, [2]
England, people there keep their dead several days before burial, [9]
Espinola, Cardinal, not dead when about to be dissected, [23]
Elizabeth a Servant, not dead after long hanging, and ill treatment, [64]
Egyptians embalm their dead, [87]
Eastern Countries, practice of burying their dead, [117]
Edessa, remarkable Lamp found there, [128]
F.
Fever patients ought to be particularly looked after before laid out as dead, [80]
France, King of, prohibits burying in churches, [98]
Female, extraordinary resolve of, [119]
G.
Greeks, great veneration of, for their dead, [2]
Geneva, people appointed there to inspect the dead, [9]
Genoa, dead people there, dressed according to their rank, [ib.]
Godfrey, the Honourable Mrs. remarkable trance of, [43]
Green, Anne, remarkable story of, [62]
Glover, Mr. story related by, of a person restored to life after hanging, [73]
Greeks, old, singular method of burial, [85]
Graves, danger of opening too soon, [107]
Grave, opened too soon in Aberdeen, fatal consequence attending, [115]
Grey, Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, corpse found after seventy years burial, [136]
Guavnerius, Alexander, curious account of a subterranean cavern by, [146]
H.
Hawe’s, Dr., extract from his addresses to the public, [80]
Hale, Sir Matthew, his observations on burying in churches, [98]
Hall, Bishop, extract from his Sermon on church burials, [99]
Hackney, Alice, her body found after 175 years interment, [136]
I.
Interment, premature, great danger of, [1]
Interesting account from an Italian paper, [145]
J.
Jews, their manner of burying their dead, [9]
Janin, Monsieur, story of a child apparently dead, recovered by, [71]
Joseph the Second, prohibits burials in churches, [118]
K.
Kiovia, City of, subterranean burying places near, [146]
L.
Lady buried alive in Russia, [40]
Lamps, ever-burning ones of the Ancients, [121] to [135]
M.
Mercier, Monsieur, very remarkable story related by, [31]
Mold Church, in Flintshire, singular epitaph there, [98]
Montpelier, remarkable circumstance that happened there, [104]
Maximus, Olybius, curious Lamp made by, [131]
Mary-at-Hill, St., body found there after 175 years burial, [136]
Magnus, Albertus, his body found after 200 years interment, [139]
Methods of embalming, [151]
N.
Navier, Monsieur, observations by, on the danger of burying in churches, [107]
Nevis, Island of, wonderful burning Lamp found there, [129]
O.
Olybius, Maximus, curious Lamp made by, [131]
P.
Plato, attention by him, recommended to the dead, [1]
Primitive church, washed and anointed their dead, [8]
Pallas, remarkable burning Lamp of, [129]
Philosophical transactions, body found in a vault, described therein, [142]
Pausanius, body mentioned by him, found after 248 years interment, [150]
R.
Romans, great attention paid by them to their dead, [3], [4] and 5
Rouen, siege of, remarkable circumstance happened there, [25]
Resuscitation, very extraordinary one, in Sweden, [35]
Russia, young lady buried alive there, [40]
Retchmuth Adoleh, buried alive, at Cologne, [51]
Reanimation of a female in Paris, supposed to be dead, [68]
Romans, method of burying their dead, [88]
Remarkable fact of Sumovin Feodose, [94]
Rosicrucian Lamp, story of, [134]
Rome, remarkable coffin and curiosities found there, [137]
S.
Syrians, their method of embalming, [2]
Spain, method of dressing the dead there, [9]
Syncope, sometimes mistaken for death, [21]
Schmid, Dr. John, story related by, [ib.]
Syncope, remarkable story of a person having fallen into one, [22]
Scroop, Sir Gervase, story of, related by Dr. Fuller, [29]
Sweden, remarkable occurrence there, [35]
Spain, lady there, returns to life under the hands of the anatomist, [59]
Sumovin Feodose, remarkable story of, [94]
Scripture, quotations from, against burying in churches, [99]
Story, remarkable, related by Dr. Parsons, [121]
Solomon, King, his servant’s tomb, [126]
Sicilian convent, remarkable burial place there, [140]
Staverton church, curious particulars of a body found in a vault there, [142]
T.
Turks, scrupulously particular in examining the dead, [7]
Trance, remarkable one, of the Honourable Mrs. Godfrey, [43]
Tatoreidie, after being laid in a coffin for dead, returns to life, [61]
Tissot, Dr. story related by him of a girl returning to life, after being long in the water, [68]
Tossach, Mr. case related by, of a Man recovering, after apparent death, [69]
Tomb of King Edward the First, interesting particulars of opening, [91]
Turks, their burying places, rendered handsome and agreeable, [97]
Tombs, fatal consequences frequently happen by opening them too soon, [107]
Tombs, remarkable ones of the Ancients, [121]
Temple dedicated to Venus, burning Lamp found therein, [133]
Tripe, Mr. story related by, of a body found in a vault, [142]
V.
Vesabe, physician, to Philip II. of Spain, opens a body before dead, [57]
Vapour, dreadful effects arising from one at Montpelier, [104]
Valentia in Spain, remarkable body found there, [126]
W.
Walker, Dr. melancholy account of his being buried alive, [45]
Wynne, Dr. William, his epitaph, forbidding church burial, [98]
Z.
Zacchias, Peter, remarkable story, related by, [39]

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