The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-12
Premature I~nterments.

Tie hilDsing facts. showing the numerous IN
stances 10 which Ier-,ns have been buried alive,
axe collected from medical history
At Toulouse, France, a hiy having been buried
IN the church Df THE C~apuchin FrIar- with q dia-
m1Ed ring on her finger, a servant entered the
vault % steal the ring, and. o. the finger was
-wclieI AMI tic ring wuuld not come of. be BEGAN
cutting the finger. ON L,aring n Ilud shrek
ircn the deceased. The thief fen scu-cleS-. At
TIE time % morning prayers. the monks having
heard some gr.au-. found tie lady alive and the
servant dead. Thus death had liz prey there
We but % Grange g yictim=.
" the close % the last century o woman IN
Paris Faz thought % be dead. and tie BODY was
put on some straw with "a taper 40 The feet.
some young men who -at Up with the NoTT-e. IN
q trplic, overturned the tarcr. This -et the straw
- trc. The declared. vince b.dy the flames
now reached, uttered a piercing shrek Timely
assistance was rendered, and -he - well recovered
that after her resurrection shc became the mother
VI several children.
4 street-porter in Paris having died az tie
Hotel DIeI. wa- carried with the other dead into
the same grave. Recovering bis senses toward II
~ night be tore open k- wi~nd.1S-shect, made he
way % biz house. knocked ~ the door. which
was MT opened o. him without some difficulty,
and Tux Tr--e--iau % lis lodgings. The mistake
Of tie sections was thus discovered.
On the 2l-t Of November. 1863, the Able
PreyOt. well known for hi- literary productions,
~ IAEtN VIII an aIII-tHLf AL ~ Ar "7 NV
inS through the fUrc-t- of CLautiiy- Being sup
TJ-ed dead. be was taken % the house VI the
Mayor Of The village, and the magistrate directed
a pct norton examination % be commenced y
piercing shrek proved that lie was alive. lie
expired under the -~calIel.
Or. Deveur. n surgeon or -. Come Hospital,
PaTi-, had 2 maid. @ servant. who had hcen three
brought @ burial. She did not recover her
senses the la-t time until they were lowering her
coffin into the grave. That woman having died
1900 81. Ill --mA r.vH Arr IH~- Loaf FHsw
should have % Jriu. her back a fourth time
y Mr.. R1-seur. " R1ucu, had married a lady
Jf f~Jurrcau, whom be- left IN perfect health. after
starting on a short journey. After % iew days,
be heard that uuie-- he returned immediately he
would find his wit. buried. On reaching HYmc,
BE- cav TIE funeral ready. IN an agony Of grief
be bad the coffin removed 90 bis room and I'm
.cre1el. lie Tltcsi the body on the bed and
lricrei twenty-five i~uei-iIu- % he made On ~.
sc the tweuty--izth, probably deeper than tie
JtEers. the deceased exclaimed. How severely
ron hurt me-" Medical 1--i-trnce was immcii-
itely given TIE lady lad aiterwaTd -csentecn
The wiz. 81 Mr.. Dulamcl, n celebrated lawyer
g LyDu-, France, having been -uFIl-ed dead p
Iours, the body wu- placed ON % table FOR tie
5urp0-c Of pEcr1riu. Il for burial. Her husband
trOngIy opT0-eI it, knowing -Ie was very fond Of
be cymbll. and the tunes which cytnhalIllyers
b. called on. On hearing the instrument
nd che voice. tire decll-cl recovered motion and
Iccch. Size survived her apparent death 80 years.
Andre Ecsaiie, physician O. Charles y. auI
Philip H. after attending n Spanish grandee.
bought him dad. Having obtained leave u
tie body, lie had scarcely opened his
hest when be Irccciyei the heart Illpitatei.
The relatives % the deceased prosecuted him as
utility % muTirr-tlc luqIisitor o. guilty Of
through the iutcrccs-i1n Of tire
ling be Wa cent On n pilgrimage % the Holy
and, and thus c-cfTed death.
In the sitting % the Royal academy DF Mclicine
n France. 1877. q PAPER wa- ready by Chaunccy
'hunt0umelic on the danger d hasty inhumations.
This lei % n discussion in which Mr.. Dcsgcuelle
aid that be had heard from Mr.. ThOurJt, who
al suIerintcnlei the human remains Of tie
emctery and the clurucl-hOusc Dies IuuJccn-,
many skeletons were found in positions
that the Individuals had moved in their
1fins. Mr.. ThJuTJt was ~ much struck with the
eyelatiOu that DC caused q clause 20 b. inserted
n his will rejecting hi> own iuterucut.
The following horrible casc Of ante norton
s~pulturc has just come % light 10 Allegheny,
'cnn-ylyanI1 II appears that several years ago,
young lady aged Is years. del. apparently,
nd after waiting the usual time prescribed BY
IstOm, the body was IntcTrel In q cemetery. y
W weeks since, the young Igdy'- father died.
MI in accordance with his request PREPARATIONS
made % remove the remains Of the former
nd RENTER them besides those OF the father.
be grave was opened, and upon the body beng
Ihumcd, IL was discovered that II had been
irnel III the cpEH- IN lNe-lgdtiuls II -
ated, proved couclu-iycly that the young lady
nd been buried alive. The clothing about tie
Jdy had been torn into shrei-. and her hair
IlIcd from her head by the handful. Tic
other upon viewing the corpse and becoming
.guizInt Of the circumstance, was seized with
s~stcTics, and a few weeks ago was conveyed 10
e Insane Asylum, a raving maniac.
These facts are sufficient to impress ON our
Iysiciaus the necessity Of caution in supplying
If death without examination. The
ctOr should have more faith in bis skill than to
csumc the denii-c Of his patient on light report.