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ACCIDENTAL LIVE BURIAL [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
CONT

Among ingenious precautions invented in the 19th century to avoid accidental live burial were attaching bells to corpses, installing speaking tubes and air tubes in coffins, and providing a flag a victim could wave in distress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

La taphophobie ou crainte d’être enterré vivant est parmi les plus anciennes peurs connues de l’être humain. La torture des inhumations volontaires était autrefois infligée par les Romains ou les empereurs de Chine les plus cruels. Quant aux inhumations involontaires, même si quelques cas ont été révélés, elles sont heureusement des plus rares aujourd’hui.

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