CREMATION OF THE DEAD
ITS HISTORY
AND
BEARINGS UPON PUBLIC HEALTH
BY
WILLIAM EASSIE, C.E.
FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES
MEMBER OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE
1875
[All rights reserved]
Dedicated
TO
SIR H. THOMPSON, F.R.C.S.
ETC. ETC.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ENLIGHTENED ADVOCACY OF
A PRACTICE PREVALENT IN ANCIENT TIMES,
BUT LONG ABANDONED, TO THE GREAT
DETRIMENT OF MANKIND