The danger of premature interment

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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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