Full title: Buried Alive, an Examination into the Occult Causes of Apparent Death, Trance and Catalepsy. Contents: Preface by the Author; Reported Cases of Premature Burial; The Philosophy of Death; The Signs of Death; The Prevention of being Buried Alive; A Plan for Forming Associations for the Prevention of the Burial of Persons Alive. From the Preface: “As long as we do not know anything about their real nature, we have no right to say that a person is dead when the principle of life has ceased to manifest its activity in a human body; we can only say that such a person appears to be dead, and appearances are often delusive. This unfortunate circumstance, far more frequently than is commonly supposed, causes people to be buried alive ….”
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