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Belval (Th.). Les maisons mortuaires. Paris, 1877.
Fritz-Andre (——). Du danger des inhumations précipitées. Bruxelles, 1879.
[The Prix Dusgate was founded by a decree of November 27, 1874, authorising the Académie des Sciences of Paris to accept the legacy of M. Dusgate of a quinquennial prize of 2,500 francs for the best work on the diagnostic signs of death and on the means of preventing premature burial. The essays of the first competition were received on June 1, 1880, and on March 14, 1881, the prize was divided among the three following competitors. In 1885 the prize was not awarded.]
Onimus (E. N. J.). Modification de l’excitabilité des nerfs et des muscles apres la mort. (Published.)
Peyrand (H.). De la détermination de la mort réelle par le caustique de Vienne.
Le Bon (G.). Recherches experimentales sur les signes diagnostiques de la mort et sur les moyens de prevenir les inhumations précipitées. (A temperature of 25° C. on a thermometer kept in the mouth for a quarter of an hour.) Also, Article on Premature Interment in Monit. scient., viii. Paris.
Allen (F. D.). Remarks on the dangers and duties of sepulture, or security for the living with respect and repose of the dead. Boston, 1873.
Burdett (H. C.). The necessity and importance of mortuaries for towns and villages, with suggestions for their establishment and management. London, 1880.