INDEX.
Aldis, Dr. C. J. B., letter on tying up the chin after death, [343].
All the Year Round, paper cited from, on apparent death and means of recovery, [268-273].
Andersen, Hans Christian, his dread of being buried alive, [154].
Angell, Mr. George T., [259].
Animation, suspended, in a case of small-pox, [99].
(See “Trance.”)
Apathy, public, concerning live burial, [39].
Apoplexy, certified, in cases of apparent death, [83];
Lénormand on, as cause of apparent death, [175].
Asclepiades recovers a corpse from the bier, [325].
Auscultation, fallacies of, in diagnosis of death, [261].
Austria, laws of, for inspection of dead, [355].
[Awaking] in coffin, inference as to, at Les Innocens, Paris, [51];
at Fort Randall, U.S.A., [351];
case of at Tonneins, [52];
at Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, [53];
at Rudenberg, [53];
at Montflorin, [54];
at Bohaste, [54];
at Salon (Bouches du Rhône), [55];
at Naples, [55];
at Grenoble, [56];
at New York (two cases), [56], [57];
at Derbisch, Bohemia, [58];
at Majola, Mantua, [58];
at Cesa, Naples, [58];
at Erie, Pa., [59];
at Tioobayn, St. Petersburg, [59];
at Le Pin, Grenoble, [60];
in Madras, [60];
Köppen’s cases of, [212-214];
case of, in Franciscan monk, [211];
at Bordeaux, [224];
old cases at Cologne, [326], [327];
at Dijon, [327];
at Vesoul, [328];
of a cardinal at Rome, [329];
of case related by Elliotson, [334];
of Robert Scott, [336];
of Rev. John Gardner, [337];
of case related by Dr. Herz, [337];
of Mrs. Goodman, [339];
of cases related by Köppen, [340];
cases related by British Medical Journal, [342], [343].
Barnett, Dr. J. M., publishes letter on the blister test, [260].
Bavaria, official regulations of, for preventing premature burial, [204];
police instructions of, for corpse inspection, [206].
Berkeley, Bishop, his dread of being buried alive, [154].
Beugless, Mr. J. D., on the dread of premature interment, [156].
Bibliography, seventeenth century, [363];
eighteenth century, [364-367];
relating to humane societies, [367];
nineteenth century, [369];
theses, [378];
French articles, [379];
German articles, [381];
English and American articles, [384];
Spanish articles, [387];
Italian articles, [387].
Billimoria, Mr. N. F., writes to the author on premature burning in India, [134];
relates cases of Parsees recovered from apparent death, [139];
on advantages of the Parsee customs in assuring revival, [141].
Bishop, Mrs. Eleanor F., her escape from premature embalming, [231].
Blau, M., certifies an escape from live burial at Toulouse, [145].
Blavatsky, Madam, the late, had an escape from live burial, [104].
Blunden, Madam, her burial alive at Basingstoke, [51].
Bombay, customs in disposal of dead, [357].
Bonawitz, Mr. J. H., relates two experiences of escape, [279].
Bordeaux, corpses shown in cathedral of, which had moved in the coffin, [224].
Bouchut, Dr. E., his book gives sensational cases, [20];
relates case rescued alive from coffin, [122].
Braid, Mr. James, narrates case of catalepsy, [37];
on animal hibernation, [41];
on trance in fakirs, [46];
on Sir Claude Wade’s testimony, [47];
cases of trance with sense of hearing good, [334].
Brandon, Mr. R., his paper on mortuaries for recovery cited, [289].
British Medical Journal, on signs of death, [198];
case of difficulty in diagnosing real death, [199];
hardly any one sign but putrefaction infallible, [200];
records two cases of revivals in the coffin, [342], [343].
Brewer, Dr., relates cases of narrow escape, [75].
Broadwey, Dorset, catalepsy in a bride at, [38].
Brouardel, Dr. P., experiment on live dog in coffin, [211].
Brown-Séquard, Dr., on fallacy of clenched jaws as sign of death, [187].
Bruhier, Dr., relates case of premature dissection, [233].
Brussels, regulations for verification of death, [248];
burial regulations and mortuaries of, [358].
Buffon, Comte de, on the treatment of the dead, [215].
Bukovina, case of resuscitation in, [176].
Burial, ancient practices of, [331-333].
Burial, hasty, case of, at Roscrea, [350].
Burial, live, experiment on, at Westminster Aquarium, [48].
Burial, premature, a class of probable cases of, [113-119];
G. A. Walker on risks of, [215];
Fletcher on risks of, [217];
number of cases of, [220-228];
frequency of estimated, [220-228];
Hufeland on risks of, [221].
Buried alive, cases of. (See under “[Awaking].”)
Burning Ghat, the, of Calcutta, visited by the author, [129].
Burton, Lady, provisions of her will against risk of live burial, [154].
Cadaveric, the, countenance as sign of death, [187].
Calcutta, the Burning Ghat, visited by the author, [129];
burial customs at, [357].
Cameron, Sir C., M.D., of Dublin, mortuary needed, [303].
Cameron, Sir C., M.P., on worthless or wanting death-certificates, [243].
Cape Town, want of mortuary regulations at, [357].
Carnot, M., petitions French Senate on premature burial, [74];
his statistics of live burial, [223].
Carpmael, Mr. E. E., hypodermic strychnine as a reviver, [265].
Casket, The, on testimony of opened graves, [351];
on hasty embalming, [351].
Cassell’s Family Physician, account of catalepsy from, [33].
Catalepsy, definition and symptoms of, [32-34];
cases of, by Good, [34];
Jebb, [35];
Dr. King Chambers, [35];
Paris correspondent of Lancet, [37];
Braid, [37];
at Broadwey in 1895, [38];
Gowers on predisposition to, [120];
case of revival on eve of burial, [122];
Dr. Milner on, [186].
Cavendish, Miss Ada, provision in her will against risk of live burial, [154].
[Certificates] of death, laxity of, [11], [241];
prematurely given, [242];
worthless or wanting, [243];
directions for filling up, [242];
in France, [246-248];
in Brussels, [248];
in Würtemburg, [249];
in Dover, New Hampshire, [252];
Mr. A. Braxton Hicks on, [253];
Mr. Brindley James on, [254];
Daily Chronicle on, [255];
a German resident on the Würtemburg practice in, [255].
Ceylon, risks of premature disposal of dead in, [132], [133].
Chambers, Dr. T. King, relates and cites cases of catalepsy, [35].
Chantourelle, Dr., raises debate on premature burial at Paris Academy of Medicine, [51].
Chew, Dr. Roger S., relates cases of live burial, [60-63];
his own case of escape from same, [89];
other cases of escape from same, [90-94];
case of chloroformed girl buried as dead, [125];
on cholera collapse mistaken for death, [126];
on safety of soldiers in India from live burial, [136];
on putrefactive test, [183];
on rigor mortis, [185];
on frequency of live burial, [227];
on auscultation sounds after death, [261].
Chippendale, Mr. J., on post-mortem sweating, [29].
Chloral, supposed death from, [192].
Chloroform, effects of simulating death, [125].
Cholera, special risk of live burial in cases of, [92], [95], [101], [126], [149].
Chri, Mr. Vira Raghava, describes disposal of dead at Madras, [131].
Chunder Sen, Mr., relates case of trance in a fakir, [44].
Coffin, sounds from the, [106], [107].
Colerus, on apparent death, [330].
Collins, Dr. W. J., advises the providing of mortuaries, [309].
Cologne, old instances of revival at, [326], [327].
Colombo, a Catholic priest of, subject to death-trances, [130].
Conclamation, practice of, by the Caribs, [331];
in Russia, [332];
in the case of the Widow of Nain’s son, [332].
Conclusions, summary of, [321].
Constantinople, risks of live burial at, [147].
Cooper, Mr. M., surgeon, on apparent deaths, [17];
relates case of Madam Blunden, [51];
case at Toulouse of escape from live burial, [145];
condemns hasty burial, [171].
Cork, case of revival from apparent death in a child at, [318].
Creighton, Dr. C., his History of Epidemics cited, [282].
Cremation, at Calcutta, [129];
among Brahmins at Madras, [131];
at Benares, [131];
as a preventive of premature burial, [274-278];
approved on general grounds, [282].
Crowe, Mrs., cases related by, [336].
Curran, Dr. W., brigade-surgeon, his papers in Health on Burial Alive, [103];
relates case of premature dissection, [236].
Curry, Dr. James, women predisposed to death-counterfeits, [121];
on slow ebbing of life, [174];
on exciting the skin as a test, [258];
cases cited from, [334].
Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, on premature dissections, [233];
relates remarkable case of revival after apparent death, [340].
Daily Chronicle, on lax death-certification, [255].
Dalmatia, ordinances of, for inspection of dead, [356].
Davies, Major-General T., his account of hibernating jerboa, [40].
Dead, the, treatment of, [215];
Buffon on same, [215];
G. A. Walker on, [215];
Fletcher on, in United States, [217];
Whiter on, [218];
as a department of medical practice, [218].
Death-certification, Select Committee on, purport of its evidence, [11];
advises authorisations to embalm, [232];
evidence before, [238];
recommendations of, [239];
support of same at medical meeting, [239];
questions by as to premature burial, [244].
(See under “[Certificates].”)
Death, counterfeits of, [27];
their duration, [208-214];
Josat’s table of same, [209];
Köppen’s illustrations of same, [212].
Death, signs of, popular, [180];
scientific, [181-207].
(See also under “[Tests of Death].”)
Death, sudden, the only real cases of, [159];
Farr on definition of, [160];
Granville on same, [160];
Tidy on causes of, [161];
Wilder on same, [163];
recent instances of, from newspapers, [164-170];
from heart-disease, [176];
Manchester Criterion on revivals from, [178];
Dr. Wilder on risks of premature burial in, [178];
laws against early burial after, [179].
Death, uncertainty of, [43];
G. A. Walker on, [216];
London Review on, [316].
Death, verification of, [246-256].
Denmark, burial and mortuary regulations of, [358].
Diaphanous test, the, failure of, [187];
Haward on, [188];
Gannal on, [191];
Orfila on, [191];
Richardson on, [192].
Dijon, case of awaking in the tomb at, [327].
Disraeli, Benjamin, endures a week’s trance, [23].
Dissection, premature, probable case of, related by Ogston, [232];
Bruhier’s case of, [233];
Louis’ case of, [234];
Cyclopædia of Pract. Med. on stories of, [234];
Le Guern’s case of, [235];
Hartmann’s case of, [235];
Curran’s case of, [236];
case at Lille, [311];
by Vesalius, [329];
of a Spanish lady, [330].
Dog, the, his instinct for the presence of life in Parsee ceremonies, [137], [138];
in an Austrian case, [142];
in a Moravian case, [143].
Donnet, Cardinal Archbishop, relates to French Senate cases of narrow escape from live burial, [71-74];
including his own case, [73].
Douce, Francis, the antiquary, his fear of being buried alive, [153].
Dover, New Hampshire, ordinances of, for verification of death, [252].
Drowned, recovery of the, [347];
cases of, by Struve, [347];
Londe’s case of, [347];
Green’s case of, [348];
recent cases of (Royal Humane Society), [349].
Dryden, Lady, her testamentary provisions, [334].
Duncan, Dr. Ebenezer, statistics of Glasgow burials, [284].
Duration of death-counterfeits, [208];
statistics of, [209];
in case of Franciscan monk, [211];
Köppen’s illustrations of, [212-214].
Electricity as a restorative agent, [262-265].
Elliotson, Dr., case related by, [334].
Embalming, makes death certain, [229];
cases of premature, [230], [231];
case of escape from same, [231];
authority of Home Secretary advised for, [232];
hasty, in the United States, [351].
Empedocles, his recovery of woman supposed dead, [330].
[Escape] from dissection at Lille, [311].
Escape from live burial, [64];
case of Sir W. Lindsay, [64];
case related by Vigné, [66];
case of professor’s wife at Tübingen, [66];
case at Coventry in 1858, [67-70];
case at St. Agnan de Cenuières, [71];
cases related by Cardinal Donnet, [71-74];
Dr. Brewer on, [75];
case at Cleveland, Ohio, [76];
two cases of, related by Dr. M. S. Tanner, [76];
case by Dr. W. O’Neill, of Lincoln, [77];
case at Clinton, Ky., [78];
at Memphis, Tenn., [79];
at Burham, Rochester, [80];
at St. Leonards, [80];
case related by Dr. F. A. Floyer, [81];
at Penn Station, U.S., [83];
at Vagueray, Lyons, [83];
at Limoges, [84];
at St. Louis, [84];
at Lagos, [84];
at Militsch, Silesia, [85];
at Sprakers, Rondout, N.Y., [85];
at Heap Bridge, Heywood, [86];
in the daughter of a physician, [87];
in a case related to the author, [88];
Dr. R. S. Chew’s personal experience of, [89];
in cases communicated by him, [90-96];
in the cases of two Irish persons of rank, [96];
in case related by Dr. Colin Valentine, [97];
in case related by Dr. A. Stephenson, [97];
in the case of the Metropolitan of Lesbos, [98];
in cases of small-pox, [99];
in cases related by Rev. Harry Jones, [100];
in case at St. Paul’s, Belchamp, near Clare, [101];
in case at Neufchâtel, [102];
in case at Alleghany, [103];
in the case of the late Madam Blavatsky, [104];
in a case at Toulouse, [145];
in a case in Würtemburg, [251];
in case related by Graves, [254];
in two cases certified dead by several physicians, [277];
in case at Lille, [311];
in the Munich mortuary, [311];
in a mortuary at Berlin, [313];
in the Frankfort mortuary, [313];
in a Brussels mortuary, [314];
in a Cassel mortuary, [314];
in a Lille mortuary, [314];
in a Buffalo mortuary, [315];
in the Marylebone mortuary, [315].
Escapes from being cremated alive in India, [132-135].
Exhumation, law of, in England, [106];
cases of, too late for rescue, [106-110];
case of, in time to save life, [111].
Fabri, William, condemns hasty burial, [171].
Fagge, Dr. Hilton, on risk of live burial in cases of sudden death, [175];
on putrefaction as the only certain sign of death, [183].
Fakirs, cases of trance in, [44-48];
experiment with, related by Hartmann, [49].
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].
Hartmann, Dr. Franz, his essay published at Boston, U.S., [9];
distinguishes trance from catalepsy, [32];
relates two cases of rescue from live burial fatally delayed, [108];
case of catalepsy revived, [122];
case of Orrendo’s body found beside the empty coffin, [122];
on predisposing causes of trance, [127];
relates case of resuscitation from spasms of the heart, [176];
on putrefaction the sole test of death, [194];
on frequency of live burial, [227];
case of premature dissection, [235];
two cases of escape from death after formal certification, [277];
on resuscitation, [320].
Haward, Dr. Edwin, case of failure of diaphanous test, [188].
Haweis, Rev. H. R., advocates cremation to prevent live burial, [278].
Hearing, sense of, in suspended animation, [335], [336], [337].
Heart, disease of, sudden apparent death in, [176].
Heart, stoppage of, as test of death, [181].
Hedley, Dr. W. S., on use of electricity as a restorative, [263].
Herachborg, Dr., relates case of a Jewess rescued from the undertakers, [146], [362] (Hirschberg).
Heraclides of Pontus, on a disease marked by absence of breathing, [21].
Herz, Dr. Marcus, opposes hasty burial among the Jews, [146], [361].
Hibernation, instance of, in the jerboa, [40];
Braid on, in lower animals, [41];
Russell Fletcher on, in reptiles and fishes, [42].
Hibernation, so-called human, [43].
Hicks, Mr. A. Braxton, on lax certification of death, [253].
Hincks, Amelia, a case of narrow escape, [68-70].
Hindus, their motive for speedy disposal of dead, [132].
Historical cases, appendix of, [325].
Holmes, Mrs. Basil, on the extension of burial-grounds, [283].
Honigberger, Dr. J. M., his researches on trance in India, [50].
Hopps, Rev. J. Page, advocates cremation to prevent live burial, [281].
Hotels, hasty burials from, on the Continent, [152].
Howard, Col., of Co. Wicklow, his escape from live burial, [97].
Hufeland, Dr. C. W., on trance, [43];
narrates narrow escape from live burial, [66];
on risks and horrors of live burial, [221];
devised the Weimar mortuary, [286].
Humane Society, the Royal, cases from its reports, [337], [344], [345], [349];
literature relating to, [347], [367].
Hypodermic medicines, as restoratives or tests, [265].
India, premature burial and cremation in, [129];
Mr. Billimoria on the risks of the same, [134];
soldiers in, not liable to risk of same, [136].
Infants, recovery of supposed dead, [342-345].
Influenza followed by trance, [30], [124].
Ireland, death-certification in, [241];
practice of burial in, [301], [359];
no mortuaries in, [302].
Irvine, Mr. Clarke, on popular trust in the signs of death, [203].
Jackson, Dr., of Somerby, relates case of supposed death by lightning-stroke, [192].
James, Mr. J. Brindley, on risks of live burial, [254].
Jaws, clenching of, as signs of death, [187].
Jebb, Dr. John, his graphic case of catalepsy, [35].
Jerboa, the, its hibernation, [40].
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].
Manchester Criterion on revivals after sudden death, [178].
Manning, Rev. Owen, case of, [338].
Martineau, Harriet, provision of her will against risk of live burial, [154].
Marylebone, case of recovery in the mortuary of, [9], [298], [315].
Mason, Mr. R. B., of Nuneaton, authenticates case of narrow escape, [69].
Mayo, Dr. Herbert, on trance, [22];
on states predisposing to same, [127].
Médécins verificateurs, their duties perfunctorily discharged, [246].
Medical Examiner on putrefactive test, [183].
Medical Times on hospital mortuaries, [299].
Medical Times and Gazette on Cardinal Donnet’s cases of live burial, [71];
on vivisection of a criminal, [172].
Medicine, profession of, sceptical as to death-trance and live burial, [113];
a new sphere of work for, [218];
its overcrowded state, [219] (footnote).
Mendelssohn, Moses, writes against early burial, [361].
Meyerbeer, his dread of being buried alive, [54].
Milner, Dr. Ebenezer, on appearances of death in trance, [186];
on rigor mortis, [186].
Misson, M. Max, his opinion on frequency of live burial, [222];
instances cited by, [326].
Mody, Ervad Jivanji, his explanation of the “Sagdeed” at Parsee funerals, [138];
on the use of the chain at the Towers of Silence, [138].
Molloy, J. F., alleges trance in B. Disraeli, [23].
Monteverdi, M., his test of death, [193].
Moore, Dr. G., on so-called human hibernation, [43].
Mortuaries, an illustration of their use, [95];
waiting, should be established in all sanitary districts, [285];
movement in favour of, began in France, [286];
first executed in Germany, [286];
new and sumptuous example of, at Munich, [289];
called for in London in 1847 by R. Brandon, [289-293];
as now existing in London, [295-298];
only one case of resuscitation reported from same, [298];
suggestions for their improvement and extension, [298], [303];
Medical Times on those of hospitals, [299];
as now existing in provincial towns, [300];
want of, in Ireland, [301-303];
those of Brussels, [305];
of Paris, [305];
of Berlin, [306];
of Vienna, [306];
of Stockholm, [307];
that of Weimar, [307];
suggested joint-stock company for, in Paris, [308];
utility of, [309].
Moscow, burial customs at, [358].
Munich, new sumptuous mortuary at, [289];
utility of the mortuary at, [309];
ordinances of, for ascertaining death, [356].
Necker, Madam, her practical suggestions to prevent live burial, [286].
Needle test of death, [194].
Netherlands, the, burial laws of, [353].
Newsholme, Dr. A., on unregistered still-births, [346].
Newspaper cases, of trance, [30], [31];
of sudden death, [164-170];
some head-lines from, [318].
Nonna, La, form of trance following influenza, [30], [124].
Nowroji, Mr. Ardeshar, on premature exposure of the dead among Parsees, [138].
Number, probable, of live burials, [220].
Nuneaton, authentic case at, of narrow escape, [67].
Nusserwanje, Mr. Dadabhoy, on cases of restored animation in Parsees, [139].
O’Connell, Daniel, his dread of being buried alive, [154].
O’Rourke, Mr. John, on hurried embalming, [352].
O’Neill, Dr. W., relates case of narrow escape, [78].
Ogston, Prof. Francis, records probable case of premature dissection, [232].
Ordinances. (See under “Regulations.”)
Orfila, M., diaphanous test useless, [192].
Orrendo, case of, at Kronstadt, [122].
Oswald, Dr. John, on means of restoration to life, [266], [267].
Ouseley, Rev. J. G., estimates ratio of live burials, [222].
Parsees, their mode of disposing of the dead, [136-142];
their prejudice against persons restored to life, [139], [142].
Patzki, Dr. J. H., his case of recovery by artificial respiration, [266].
Pembroke, William, Earl of, embalmed, [230].
Perspiration a sign of revival, [28], [363].
Petitions for prevention of premature burial, [225].
Phelps, Lieut.-Gen. A., advocates cremation to prevent live burial, [278].
Plato, his reason for advising tardy disposal of dead, [144], [331];
relates a case of revival, [325].
Pliny gives instances of the dead restored, [326].
Plutarch, case of revival cited from, [325].
Prasad, Mr. Durga, relates escape from burning alive, [132].
Pratt, Dr. Samuel B., on rigor mortis, [185].
Predisposition to trance, from nervous exhaustion, [120];
in women, [121];
habitual, [122];
from cold, [123];
from narcotics, [125];
in cholera, [126];
in various morbid states, [127].
Pregnancy, apparent death during, [66].
Probability of life, recent rise in, [319];
how same might be further raised, [319].
Prevention, means of, various, [258];
by exciting the skin, [258-261];
by auscultation, [261];
by electricity, [262-265];
by hypodermic injection, [265];
by artificial respiration, [266];
summary of, in All the Year Round, [268-273];
prizes for discovery of, [273].
(See also under “Tests of death.”)
Prize by the Brussels Royal Academy, [366].
Publisher, a well-known, relates to the author a case of narrow escape, [88].
Putrefaction, the one safe test of death, Dr. Chew on, [183];
Dr. Fagge on, [183];
Medical Examiner on, [183];
Dr. Gannal on, [185].
Pye-Smith, Dr. P. H., on caution to be used in cases of trance, [175] (footnote).
Quenstedt on dormancy of vital principle, [325].
Quintilian gives reason for tardy burial by the Romans, [144].
Rachel, Mlle. (actress), said to have been prematurely embalmed, [230].
Recommendations of the authors, [323].
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].
[Tests of death]: respiratory, [181];
cardiac and arterial, [181], [182];
putrefactive, [183];
rigor mortis, [185];
cadaveric countenance, [187];
clenched jaws, [187];
diaphanous web of fingers, [187];
Richardson’s enumeration of, [193];
Hartmann on fallaciousness of, [194];
official statements of, [195];
Lancet on fallaciousness of, [196];
British Medical Journal on same, [198-201];
Wilder on same, [201];
Gaubert on same, [201];
expert verificateurs of, [202];
popular trust in, [203];
Bavarian official directions for, [204-207].
Thouret, Dr., his inference from opening of graves, [51], [228].
Thieurey, Dr., his estimated number of live burials cited, [222].
Thompson, Sir Henry, on defective death-certification, [240];
advocates cremation to prevent live burial, [276].
Thompson, Mr. W. Arnold, case of still-born child recovered, [345].
Tidy, Dr. C. M., on progressive nature of death, [160];
on causes of sudden death, [161];
on still-born infants, [341].
Tobacco a cause of sudden death, [163].
Trance, definition and symptoms of, [21-23];
Gairdner’s case of, [23-27];
Madden’s cases of, [27-29];
prolonged cases of, [31];
Hufeland on, [43];
in a fakir at Jeypore, [44];
at Lahore, [47];
self-induced at Westminster Aquarium, [48];
cases of, require caution (Pye-Smith), [175] (footnote);
Milner on diagnosis of, from death, [186].
Truth, relation in, of a case of unverified death, [115].
Turnbull, Mr. Peveril, communicates to Spectator case of exhumation alive, [111].
Undertakers, testimony of, [57];
their experience of dubious death, [118];
their fear of premature interment, [156].
Undertakers’ and Funeral Directors’ Journal, on risks of hasty burial, [171];
on frequency of live burial, [226];
on necessity for mortuaries, [295].
Union Medicale, La, on premature burial, [247].
United States of America, regulations in, for disposal of dead, [359].
Valentine, Dr. Colin S., relates case of escape from burial, [97].
Verification of deaths, in France, [246];
in Brussels, [248];
in Würtemburg, [249];
in the United States, [252].
Vesalius, Andreas, his case of live dissection, [329].
Vienna, ordinances of, for inspection of dead, [355].
Vigné, Dr. J. B., narrates a narrow escape, [66];
testamentary directions to prevent his own live burial, [257].
Vivisection of a criminal, [172].
Wade, Sir Claude, eye-witness of trances in fakirs, [47].
Wadia, Mr. Soabjee Dhunjeebhoy, [138].
Waiting Mortuaries, Gaubert on, [309].
Walker, Dr., of Dublin, his case, [338].
Walker, Mr. G. A., on risks of premature burial, [215].
Walters, Rev. W., on death-certification in Ireland, [241].
Waterman, Dr. S., recoveries from apparent death in heart-disease, [176].
Wiener Medicinische Zeitung on a premature Jewish interment at Lemberg, [148].
Welby, Mr. Horace, dread of live burial a prevalent one, [153].
Whiter, Rev. Walter, advice as to treatment of the dead, [218].
Whitney, Constance, her tomb in Cripplegate Church, [338].
Widgen, Mrs., recovers many still-born at lying-in hospital, [344].
Wilder, Dr. Alex., brings subject before State Legislature, N.Y., [19];
on predisposition to trance, [120];
on the causes of sudden death, [163];
on risks of premature burial in sudden deaths, [178];
on fallacious signs of death, [201];
advocates cremation to prevent live burial, [280].
Winslow, Dr. Jacques B., a pioneer in the prevention of live burial, [257];
on signs of death, [333], [334].
Wunderbar, R. J., on the origin of, and authority for, early burial among the Jews, [360].
Würtemburg, official directions of, for ascertaining real death, [195], [249-251];
case of escape from premature interment in, [251];
regulations of, recommended for imitation, [255], [256].
Yates, Edmund, bequeaths fee to surgeon to ensure that he was not buried alive, [154].
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