Buried Alive The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear

Name: Buried Alive The Terrifying History of Our Most Primal Fear
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ISBN: 9780393322224

ISBN-10: 039332222X

ISBN-13: 9780393322224

Edition: 2002

Authors: Jan Bondeson

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This text examines the medical, historical and folklore literature on the subject of being buried alive and explores why fears of premature burial arose and whether they were warranted.

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 322
Size: 6.20" wide x 8.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Jan Bondeson, M.D., also holds a Ph.D. in experimental medicine. He is the author of "A Cabinet of Medical Curiosities" & other works.



Introduction



Miracles of the Dead



The Lady with the Ring and the Lecherous Monk



Winslow the Anatomist and Bruhier the Horror Monger



The Eighteenth-Century Debate



Hospitals for the Dead



Security Coffins



The Signs of Death



Skeptical Physiologists and Raving Spiritualists



The Final Struggle



Literary Premature Burials



Were People Really Buried Alive?



Are People Still Being Buried Alive?


Notes


Index