| PAGE | |
| Preface | 1 |
| Introduction | 9 |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| Trance | 21 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Catalepsy | 32 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Animal and So-called Human Hibernation | 40 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Premature Burial | 51 |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| Narrow Escapes from Premature Burial | 64 |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Formalities and their Fatal Consequences | 105 |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Probable Cases of Premature Burial | 113 |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Predisposing Causes and Conditions of Death-Counterfeits | 120 |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Premature Burial and Cremation in India. The Towers of Silence | 129 |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| The Danger of Hasty Burials | 144 |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Fear of Premature Burial | 153 |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Sudden Death | 159 |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| The Signs of Death | 180 |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| The Duration of Death-Counterfeits | 208 |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Treatment of the Dead | 215 |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| Number of Cases of Premature Burial | 220 |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Embalming and Dissections | 229 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Death-Certification | 238 |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Suggestions for Prevention | 257 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Cremation as a Preventive of Premature Burial | 275 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Waiting Mortuaries | 285 |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| Conclusion | 316 |
| APPENDIX A. | |
| Historical Cases of Restoration from Apparent Death | 325 |
| APPENDIX B. | |
| Resuscitation of Still-Born and other Infants | 341 |
| APPENDIX C. | |
| Recovery of the Drowned | 347 |
| APPENDIX D. | |
| Miscellaneous Addenda | 350 |
| APPENDIX E. | |
| The Jewish Practice of Early Burial | 353 |
| APPENDIX F. | |
| Summary of Ordinances, etc., Relating to the Inspection of Corpses and of Interments | 360 |
| ——— | |
| Bibliography | 363 |
| Index | 389 |