The uncertainty of the signs of death
Subtitle: and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections, demonstrated ... : to the whole is added, a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations,exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death.
Contributors: Bruhier, Jacques-Jean, d. 1756; Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806 (bookplate)
Edition: The second edition. With a new preface. Illustrated with copper plates.
Publisher: Printed for M. Cooper ...
Published: 1751
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Death, Apparent; Death -- Early works to 1800; Burial, Premature; Embalming
Genres: Early works to 1800
Work titles: An mortis incertae signa minus incerta a chirurgicis quam ab aliis experimentis?
Notes: Translated from J.J. Bruhier's French translation ("Dissertation sur l'incertitude des signes de la mort") of J.B. Winslow's dissertation, published with title: An mortis incertae signa minus incerta a chirurgicis quam ab aliis experimentis?

Plates engraved by Jmes Hulett.

Fisher copy: With the armorial bookplate of Sir William Forbes Bart. of Pitsligo [Franks 10938].