Download or read book Premature Burial and how it May be Prevented written by William Tebb and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buried Alive written by Jan Bondeson and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1800s, stories filled medical journals as well as fiction (Poe's "The Premature Burial") of people being buried before they actually died. Canvassing medical records of the time, the author presents an engrossing and witty history of the fear and facts of being buried alive. Illustrations.
Download or read book Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented written by Edward Perry Vollum and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-26 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the seminal collection 'Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented,' editors Edward Perry Vollum and William Tebb assemble a provocative array of writings that delve into the macabre yet historically significant fear of being buried alive. The anthology spans a diverse array of literary stylesfrom firsthand accounts to medical treatiseshighlighting the multifaceted ways in which this fear has permeated cultural and medical consciousness. It sheds light on the technological and sociological measures societies have taken to prevent such an occurrence, standing out as a comprehensive exploration of a topic that straddles the line between irrational fear and legitimate concern. The contributing authors, Edward Perry Vollum and William Tebb, each bring a unique perspective rooted in their profound involvement with health, social reform, and historical documentation of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This period was rife with advancements in medical science that often bordered on the macabre, reflecting wider societal obsessions with death and the afterlife. Their collective efforts in this anthology not only highlight the historical context in which the fear of premature burial became widespread but also demonstrate how cultural and scientific advancements intersect to address human anxieties. This collection is recommended for anyone interested in the intersections of medical history, cultural studies, and the evolution of societal fears. 'Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented' offers readers a unique lens through which to examine how a singular fear can manifest across varying cultural and temporal landscapes, promoting a deeper understanding of the human condition. It invites a scholarly audience to appreciate the diversity of responses to this chilling fear and sparks stimulating conversations about how our predecessors confronted and sought to mitigate one of humanitys most primal anxieties.
Download or read book Premature Burial written by Walter R. Hadwen and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long out of print, this book was written by a prominent physician to reassure the many 19th century people who were worried about being buried aliveOne of the authors himself had a narrow escape with live burial, as his collaborator writes: "Dr. Vollum first became interested in the important question of Premature Burial in consequence of his own very narrow escape from live sepulture, having been pronounced dead from drowning, and prepared, for interment, when consciousness happily returned spontaneously." This edited version of the book extracts the most spine-chilling stories of narrow escapes and living burials from a mass of historical material. It includes such chapters as Animal and So-called Human Hibernation, Narrow Escapes from Premature Burial, Premature Burial of Doubtful Cases, Death-Counterfeits, The Danger of Hasty Burials, Sudden Death, Embalming and Dissections, and Count Karnice-Karnicki's Invention.
Download or read book The Premature Burial written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-01-25 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial", a man obsessed with the fear of being buried alive recounts known cases of premature burial. His fixation drives him to extremes to avoid his fate, until he confronts the reality of his greatest phobia in a shocking way.
Download or read book Edgar Allan Poe s Spirits of the Dead written by Richard Corben and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Edgar Allan Poe's classics adapted by master horror comics artist and Eisner Hall of Fame inductee, Richard Corben.
Download or read book The Works of Edgar Allan Poe written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edgar Allan Poe s The Premature Burial written by Richard Corben and published by Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues). This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fear of being buried alive is presented in two horrifying Poe adaptations by Eisner Hall of Fame inductee Richard CorbenThe Premature Burial� and The Cask of Amontillado.� Richard Corben's art. Man, the guy just gets better and better. There is no plateau. Corben is like an aged single malt whisky, with depth and maturity added by years.�Comics Bulletin
Download or read book A World of Words written by Michael J. S. Williams and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013-07-12 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A World of Words offers a new look at the degree to which language itself is a topic of Poe's texts. Stressing the ways his fiction reflects on the nature of its own signifying practices, Williams sheds new light on such issues as Poe's characterization of the relationship between author and reader as a struggle for authority, on his awareness of the displacement of an "authorial writing self" by a "self as it is written," and on his debunking of the redemptive properties of the romantic symbol.
Download or read book Purified by Fire written by Stephen Prothero and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Fact Sheet A history of cremation in America.
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Download or read book A Burglar s Guide to the City written by Geoff Manaugh and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “deeply researched and brilliantly written” blueprint to the criminal possibilities in the world all around us (Warren Ellis, author of Gun Machine). At the core of A Burglar’s Guide to the City is an unexpected and thrilling insight: how any building transforms when seen through the eyes of someone hoping to break into it. Studying architecture the way a burglar would, Geoff Manaugh takes readers through walls, down elevator shafts, into panic rooms, and out across the rooftops of an unsuspecting city. Encompassing nearly two thousand years of heists and break-ins, the book draws on the expertise of reformed bank robbers, FBI special agents, private security consultants, the LAPD Air Support Division, and architects past and present. Whether discussing how to pick padlocks, climb the walls of high-rise apartments, find gaps in a museum’s surveillance routine, or discuss home invasions in ancient Rome, A Burglar’s Guide to the City ensures readers will never enter a bank again without imagining how to loot the vault, or walk down the street without planning the perfect getaway. Praise for A Burglar’s Guide to the City “This burglar’s guide isn’t for ordinary smash-and-grab burglars, it’s for the rest of us—who steal in, steal out, and get away with glorious dreams. A spectacularly fun read.” —Robert Krulwich, cohost of Radiolab “Who knew that urban studies could be so riveting? Geoff Manaugh excels at finding new, illicit, and fresh angles on a subject as loved as it is overexposed—the city. In his new book, elegant, perverse, sinuous supervillains maneuver and master the city like parkour champions. I see the TV series already.” —Paola Antonelli, design curator, MoMA
Download or read book Death Beyond Whole Brain Criteria written by Richard M. Zaner and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the tone of the report by the President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Re search, one might conclude that the whole-brain-oriented definition of death is now firmly established as an enduring element of public policy. In that report, Defining Death: Medical, Legal and Ethical Issues in the Determination of Death, the President's Commission forwarded a uni form determination of death act, which laid heavy accent on the signifi cance of the brain stem in determining whether an individual is alive or dead: An individual who has sustained either (1) irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions, or (2) irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brain stem, is dead. A determination of death must be made in accordance with accepted medical standards ([1], p. 2). The plausibility of these criteria is undermined as soon as one confronts the question of the level of treatment that ought to be provided to human bodies that have permanently lost consciousness but whose brain stems are still functioning.
Download or read book Too Scared To Cry written by Lenore Terr and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1976 twenty-six California children were kidnapped from their school bus and buried alive for motives never explained. All the children survived. This bizarre event signaled the beginning of Lenore Terr's landmark study on the effect of trauma on children. In this book Terr shows how trauma has affected not only the children she's treated but all of us.
Download or read book Medical Serials written by New York State Library and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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