Category: History - Other
The probable sanitary origin of Cremation--Not necessarily opposed to Religion--General reasons--Wisdom of adopting it in cases of epidemics--Sundry objections treated--The decorousness of the practice--Cremation desirable in the battlefield--In cases of murrain--In the destru...
It is not my intention to describe the funeral rites of the ancient Greeks and Romans &c.,[176] because the practices of some Eastern nations at the present day somewhat resembl...
7. CHAPTER I.Cremation of the dead is neither new in theory nor in practice. In the England of modern times, however, the question has only recently assumed recognised importance. And the mo...
11. CHAPTER V.Italy has been the pioneer of cremation, as far as arguments and experiments go, although not the first to reduce it to everyday practice. Here, many centuries ago, it was seen...
8. CHAPTER II.It will be necessary for my purpose to give a short description of the chief modes of disposing of the dead, and to quote a very few examples of each practice. In instancing suc...
10. CHAPTER IV.In order to form a comprehensive idea of the salutary benefits which will accrue from a general observance of cremation, or even from a limited adoption of the scheme--which, by...
9. CHAPTER III.In order to properly estimate the improved condition of things during the present day, and under the present regulations as to burial, it will be necessary to examine the state...
6. CHAPTER VI.Ancient modes of cremation as illustrated by recent burnings in Italy, India, Siam, and North America--Modern experiments in Italy, Germany, and England--The Siemens' apparatus,...
1. CHAPTER I.The probable sanitary origin of Cremation--Not necessarily opposed to Religion--General reasons--Wisdom of adopting it in cases of epidemics--Sundry objections treated--The deco...
4. CHAPTER IV.Churchyards and the evils resulting from some of them--How the living are affected by them--Disorders caused by putrid emanations--Dangers of inhaling the atmosphere of some bur...
5. CHAPTER V.Promoters of the practice of Cremation and prospects of its adoption in Italy--In Switzerland--In France--In Belgium--In Austria--In Germany--In America--In England--Sir Henry T...
3. CHAPTER III.State of things thirty years ago--The new cemeteries--Space allowed for, and the depths of interments--Vault burial--A well-chosen cemetery--An improperly-chosen one--The closin...
2. CHAPTER II.