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Author:

Bondeson, Jan.

Title:

Buried alive : the terrifying history of our most primal fear / Jan Bondeson.

Publisher:

Norton,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

320 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Burial, Premature.
Death--Proof and certification.
Burial.
Death.
Dood.
Leven.
Begrafenissen.
Angst.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

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?

ISBN:

9780393049060
039304906X

LCCN:

00048030

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

AGPE046 -- Drake Public Library (Centerville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SXPC124 -- Greene Public Library (Greene)