Smyrna times., 1866-09-12
NJ l 5 G. Ell l. A N EOUS.
Buried Alive,

The following facts, showing the numerous
instances in which persons have been buried
alive, have been collected by French gentle
man. At Toulouse, lady having been buried
IN the church Of the Capuchin Friars, with a
dlamond ring on her finger, a servant entered
the vault to steal the ring; and, as the finger
was swelled, and the ring would not come off.
he began cutting the finger. On hearing
loud shrek from the deceased, the thief fell
senseless AT the time of morning prayers,
the monks having heard some groans, found
the lady alive and the servant dead. Thus
death had Its prey there was but change of
victims. A street-pOrter in Paris, having died
at the Hotel Dleu, was carried, with the other
dead, into the same grave. Recovering his
senses towards eleven oclock at night, he tore
open his winding sheet, made his way to his
house, knocked at the door, which was not
opened TO him without some difficulty, and
took new possession of his lodgings. At the
close OF the last century, woman in Paris was
thought to be dead, and the body was put on
some straw, with a taper at the feet. Some
men who sat up with the corpse, in a frolic
overturned the taper This set the straw on
fire. The deceased, whose body the flames now
reached, uttered a piercing shrek Timely
assistance was rendered, and she so well re-
covered that, after her resurrection, she be-
came the mother Of several children.
On the 2lst Of November 1863, the Able
Prevot, we'll known for his literary productions,
was taken with an apOpletic fit as he was travel
ing through the forests Of Chantiy Being
supposed dead he was carried to the house OF
the mayor of the village, and the magistrate
directed pOst-mOrtem examination to be COM
menced A piercing shrek uttered by the un-
fortunate man proved that he was alive. He
! 1foH ,,ndur fba coolnal H. nauouv m
of st. Come Hospital, Paris, had maid, q
servant, who had been three times brought to
burial. She did not recover her senses the
last time till they were lowering her coffin into
the grave. That woman having died anew,
the body was kept six days, lest they should
have to bring her back fourth time A Mr.
; rousseau, OF Rouen, had married a lady ot
fourteen, whom he left in perfect health, after
starting on journey. After few DAYS, n,
heard that unless he returned Immediately h,
: would find his wife buried. On reaching hom
!. he found the funeral ready. In an agony O
!. grief he had the coffin removed to his room
}. and unscrewed.
l. He aced the body on bed, and ordere
;, twenty-five incisions to be made on it. At tn
% twenty-sixth, probably deeper than the other
n the deceased exclaimed, How severely yO
hurt me-" Medical assistance was immediat,
= ly given. The lady had afterwards six chi
dren The wife of Mr.. Duhamel, celebrate
lawyer, having been supposed dead twenty
four hours, the body was placed on the tab
for the purpose Of preparing it for burial. Hi
husband strongly opposed it, not believing he
d dead. 10 ascertain it, knowing she was fon
of the cymbal, and the tunes which cymba
players sing, he called one. On hearing ii
instrument and the voice, the deceased recoye
d ed motion and speech. She survived her a,
m parent death iorty years.
Andre Vesale, physician to Charles V. ar
Philip H., after attending Spanish grande
thought him dead. Having obtained leave
examine the body, he had scarcely opened Il
chest when he perceived the heart palpitate
The relatives of the deceased prosecuted hi
as guilty of murder-the lnquisitor as gull
of profaneness. Through the intercessiOn
r the King he was sent on mission to the He
Land, and thus escaped death.
In the sitting of the Royal Academy Of Me,
cine, in 1927, paper was read by Mr. Chau
20 cey Chantournelle, on the danger of hasty.
70 limitations. This led to discussion, in viii
u NJ, Desgenettes stated that he had heard frt
-. Mr.. Thouret, who had superintended the
ii. man remains of the cemetery, and the Char
nv house des Innocens, that many skeletons b
ui. been found in positions showing that the IN
ed. viduals had moved in their cofhns. .,
IN. Mr. Thouret was so mach struck witn
ob- revelation, that he caused clause to De lnse
ed in his Will respecting his own lnterlnent