{"product_id":"burials-walsh-david-premature-burial-fact-or-fiction","title":"(BURIALS). WALSH, David. Premature Burial: Fact or Fiction?","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eBuried Alive?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e(BURIALS). WALSH, David.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003ePremature Burial: Fact or Fiction?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e(\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eNew York\u003c\/span\u003e: \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eWilliam Wood \u0026amp; Company\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e1898\u003c\/span\u003e) \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e49, [1] pp.\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e182 x 124 mm.\u003c\/span\u003e) \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eFirst American Edition.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003ePublisher's black cloth, gilt lettering.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eWith clippings from journals pasted on to pastedowns and front free endpapers; owner's signature in ink on front free endpaper; ink underlining and marginal arrows in many places in text; ink stamp of \"Health Research\" on rear pastedown. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eFront free endpaper clipped at top corner, a little light foxing to fore-edge, but an excellent copy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eA scarce work investigating various stories and reports of premature burial, relying on scientific fact to debunk the phenomenon.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eThe act of being buried alive surely ranks among the most terrifying situations one can imagine. Fear of this gruesome fate, known as taphophobia, reached its greatest expression in the Victorian period, prompting the invention of commodities such as \"safety coffins\" outfitted with air tubes and bells, elaborate tests for determining that one is truly dead, and the foundation of organizations such as the London Association for the Prevention of Premature Burial. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eThe present work approaches the topic of premature burial with skepticism, laying out the scientific facts of bodily processes after death, discussing \"counterfeits of death\" (comas, trance-like states, etc.), and looking at historic and contemporary accounts as published in books and newspapers. The author debunks and dismisses each case one by one, demonstrating that the frequency of such occurrences has been grossly overestimated. In the end, the author concludes that while rare incidents may transpire, \"the theory of frequent premature burial is unsupported by exact evidence, in other words, it occupies the position of a mere popular belief or fable.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Candara',sans-serif; mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003eWe find no other copies in the trade or at auction as of the time of writing. 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