The cremation of the dead
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- considered from an aesthetic, sanitary, religious, historical, medico-legal, and economical standpoint
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1. Front matter2. THE CREMATION OF THE DEAD CONSIDERED FROM AN ÆSTHETIC, SANITARY, RELIGIOUS, HISTORICAL, MEDICO-LEGAL, AND ECONOMICAL STANDPOINT3. PREFACE.4. INTRODUCTION.5. CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF CREMATION.6. CHAPTER II. THE EVILS OF BURIAL; THE SANITARY ASPECT OF INCINERATION.7. CHAPTER III. CREMATION IN TIMES OF WAR.8. CHAPTER IV. THE PROCESS OF MODERN CREMATION.9. CHAPTER V. THE MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECT OF INCINERATION.—THE OBJECTIONS TO CREMATION.10. CHAPTER VI. BURIAL ALIVE.—CREMATION FROM AN ÆSTHETIC AND RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW.11. CHAPTER VII. ECONOMY OF CREMATING THE DEAD.—THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CREMATION QUESTION.12. TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES