Excerpt from Sepulture: Its History, Methods and Sanitary Requisites

Introduction, History of Sepulture, Ancient Customs and Methods, Sepulchres, Interments Among the Greeks, Customs Among the Romans, Persian Burial, North American Indian Burial, Early Christian Burial, Animal Putrescence, Malignant Disease from one Corpse, Saturated Soil of a Graveyard Disturbed, Intra-Mural Interment in the United States Yellow Fever, Asiatic Cholera, Pestilence, Rural Cemeteries, Coffins for the Dead, Country Graveyards

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