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.