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A.
Athens, Law there to prevent premature interment, 3
Asia, Dead bodies kept there several days before burial, 10
Abbé Provost, remarkable circumstance attending, 24
Ackland, Sir Hugh, and his Brandy footman, Story of, 28
Acilius Aviola, burnt to death, for want of being first examined, 60
Armenius Erus, returns to life, after being apparently dead, 69
Alexander, Dr. Story related by, 69
Aberdeen, remarkable affair happened there, 115
Ancients, remarkable Tombs and Lamps of, 121
Atestes, a Town in Italy, Lamp found there that had been burning 1500 years, 130
Austin, St., Lamp mentioned by him that continued burning 1050 years, 133
Addison, Mr., his story of the Rosicrucian Lamp, 134
Alice Hackney, her body found perfect after 175 years interment, 136
Arthur, King and his wife, their bodies found after 600 years burial, 138
B.
Boy, remarkable recovery of after being laid out for dead, 20
Benedictus, Alexander, his story of a Lady buried alive, 31
Baldock, Master, resuscitated, after apparent death, 65
Burying in churches and confined church-yards, danger of, 96
Buchan, Dr., his observations on burying in the midst of Cities, 116
Baptistæ Portæ, account by, of a burning Lamp, secreted before the advent of Christ, 129
Braybrook, Robert, his body found after 262 years interment, 137
Brydone, Mr., his account of a remarkable burying-place near Palermo, 140
Body found in a Vault, curious particulars of, ib.
Bononiæ, Church of, a perfect body found there, 150 years after burial, 149
Body buried sixty two Olympiads, described by Pausanius, 150
C.
Cicero, his observations concerning the Dead, 1
Coach office Director, restored to life after being supposed dead, 19
Civile, Francis. Remarkable story of, 25
Cardinal Espinolæ, ditto, 23
Cornwall, Lady there, ditto, 70
Colchester, a child there, nearly buried alive, 74
Churches, observations on the pernicious custom of burying there, 96
Ditto, ditto, ditto, 98
Ditto, ditto, ditto, 104
Contagion from opening new Graves, how to prevent, 107
Cleopatra’s Tomb, account of, 126
Cedrenus, his description of a wonderful Lamp, 128
Constantine Chlorus, burning Lamp found in his tomb, ib.
Constantine and Irene, remarkable sepulchre found in their time, 147
Cœciliæ, church of, body found there, buried upwards of 300 years, ib.
D.
Dead bodies improperly treated, 10 to 18
Death, difficulty of distinguishing when persons are really so, 78
Dead, various methods of burying by different Nations, 83
Dead bodies, how to preserve safe in their graves, 120
Dr. Parsons extraordinary story, 121
Dunfermline Church, body of a young Man found there, 144
Dominick, St. Church of, remarkable body found there, 149
E.
Egyptians particularly careful of their dead, 2
England, people there keep their dead several days before burial, 9
Espinola, Cardinal, not dead when about to be dissected, 23
Elizabeth a Servant, not dead after long hanging, and ill treatment, 64
Egyptians embalm their dead, 87
Eastern Countries, practice of burying their dead, 117
Edessa, remarkable Lamp found there, 128
F.
Fever patients ought to be particularly looked after before laid out as dead, 80
France, King of, prohibits burying in churches, 98
Female, extraordinary resolve of, 119
G.
Greeks, great veneration of, for their dead, 2
Geneva, people appointed there to inspect the dead, 9
Genoa, dead people there, dressed according to their rank, ib.
Godfrey, the Honourable Mrs. remarkable trance of, 43
Green, Anne, remarkable story of, 62
Glover, Mr. story related by, of a person restored to life after hanging, 73
Greeks, old, singular method of burial, 85
Graves, danger of opening too soon, 107
Grave, opened too soon in Aberdeen, fatal consequence attending, 115
Grey, Thomas, Marquis of Dorset, corpse found after seventy years burial, 136
Guavnerius, Alexander, curious account of a subterranean cavern by, 146
H.
Hawe’s, Dr., extract from his addresses to the public, 80
Hale, Sir Matthew, his observations on burying in churches, 98
Hall, Bishop, extract from his Sermon on church burials, 99
Hackney, Alice, her body found after 175 years interment, 136
I.
Interment, premature, great danger of, 1
Interesting account from an Italian paper, 145
J.
Jews, their manner of burying their dead, 9
Janin, Monsieur, story of a child apparently dead, recovered by, 71
Joseph the Second, prohibits burials in churches, 118
K.
Kiovia, City of, subterranean burying places near, 146
L.
Lady buried alive in Russia, 40
Lamps, ever-burning ones of the Ancients, 121 to 135
M.
Mercier, Monsieur, very remarkable story related by, 31
Mold Church, in Flintshire, singular epitaph there, 98
Montpelier, remarkable circumstance that happened there, 104
Maximus, Olybius, curious Lamp made by, 131
Mary-at-Hill, St., body found there after 175 years burial, 136
Magnus, Albertus, his body found after 200 years interment, 139
Methods of embalming, 151
N.
Navier, Monsieur, observations by, on the danger of burying in churches, 107
Nevis, Island of, wonderful burning Lamp found there, 129
O.
Olybius, Maximus, curious Lamp made by, 131
P.
Plato, attention by him, recommended to the dead, 1
Primitive church, washed and anointed their dead, 8
Pallas, remarkable burning Lamp of, 129
Philosophical transactions, body found in a vault, described therein, 142
Pausanius, body mentioned by him, found after 248 years interment, 150
R.
Romans, great attention paid by them to their dead, 3, 4 and 5
Rouen, siege of, remarkable circumstance happened there, 25
Resuscitation, very extraordinary one, in Sweden, 35
Russia, young lady buried alive there, 40
Retchmuth Adoleh, buried alive, at Cologne, 51
Reanimation of a female in Paris, supposed to be dead, 68
Romans, method of burying their dead, 88
Remarkable fact of Sumovin Feodose, 94
Rosicrucian Lamp, story of, 134
Rome, remarkable coffin and curiosities found there, 137
S.
Syrians, their method of embalming, 2
Spain, method of dressing the dead there, 9
Syncope, sometimes mistaken for death, 21
Schmid, Dr. John, story related by, ib.
Syncope, remarkable story of a person having fallen into one, 22
Scroop, Sir Gervase, story of, related by Dr. Fuller, 29
Sweden, remarkable occurrence there, 35
Spain, lady there, returns to life under the hands of the anatomist, 59
Sumovin Feodose, remarkable story of, 94
Scripture, quotations from, against burying in churches, 99
Story, remarkable, related by Dr. Parsons, 121
Solomon, King, his servant’s tomb, 126
Sicilian convent, remarkable burial place there, 140
Staverton church, curious particulars of a body found in a vault there, 142
T.
Turks, scrupulously particular in examining the dead, 7
Trance, remarkable one, of the Honourable Mrs. Godfrey, 43
Tatoreidie, after being laid in a coffin for dead, returns to life, 61
Tissot, Dr. story related by him of a girl returning to life, after being long in the water, 68
Tossach, Mr. case related by, of a Man recovering, after apparent death, 69
Tomb of King Edward the First, interesting particulars of opening, 91
Turks, their burying places, rendered handsome and agreeable, 97
Tombs, fatal consequences frequently happen by opening them too soon, 107
Tombs, remarkable ones of the Ancients, 121
Temple dedicated to Venus, burning Lamp found therein, 133
Tripe, Mr. story related by, of a body found in a vault, 142
V.
Vesabe, physician, to Philip II. of Spain, opens a body before dead, 57
Vapour, dreadful effects arising from one at Montpelier, 104
Valentia in Spain, remarkable body found there, 126
W.
Walker, Dr. melancholy account of his being buried alive, 45
Wynne, Dr. William, his epitaph, forbidding church burial, 98
Z.
Zacchias, Peter, remarkable story, related by, 39
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