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Methods of embalming, 151

Navier, Monsieur, observations by, on the danger of burying in churches, 107

Nevis, Island of, wonderful burning Lamp found there, 129

Olybius, Maximus, curious Lamp made by, 131

Plato, attention by him, recommended to the dead, 1

Primitive church, washed and anointed their dead, 8

Pallas, remarkable burning Lamp of, 129

Philosophical transactions, body found in a vault, described therein, 142

Pausanius, body mentioned by him, found after 248 years interment, 150

Romans, great attention paid by them to their dead, 3, 4 and 5

Rouen, siege of, remarkable circumstance happened there, 25

Resuscitation, very extraordinary one, in Sweden, 35

Russia, young lady buried alive there, 40

Retchmuth Adoleh, buried alive, at Cologne, 51

Reanimation of a female in Paris, supposed to be dead, 68

Romans, method of burying their dead, 88

Remarkable fact of Sumovin Feodose, 94

Rosicrucian Lamp, story of, 134

Rome, remarkable coffin and curiosities found there, 137

Syrians, their method of embalming, 2

Spain, method of dressing the dead there, 9

Syncope, sometimes mistaken for death, 21

Schmid, Dr. John, story related by, ib.

Syncope, remarkable story of a person having fallen into one, 22

Scroop, Sir Gervase, story of, related by Dr. Fuller, 29

Sweden, remarkable occurrence there, 35

Spain, lady there, returns to life under the hands of the anatomist, 59

Sumovin Feodose, remarkable story of, 94

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