Excerpt from Danger of Premature Interment: Proved From Many Remarkable Instances of People Who Have Recovered After Being Laid Out for Dead, and of Others Entombed Alive, Fr Want of Being Properly Examined Prior to Interment Such a momentous affair. Who amongst us, -give me leave to ask, that has the least pretensions to common humanity, would hesi tate for a single moment to perform so gener ous, though painful a duty, as that of carefully attending to the sad expiring 'moments of a departing friend? The duty must be reci procal 'to every benevolent being, as sooner or later, the' dreadful 'trial must be our own. From a sad mistaken humanity, surrounding friends are sometimes apt to persuade the nearest relatives that nothing more can be done for the dying person, and therefore prevent them from performing those kind Offices of closing the eyes, and other marks of attention, which can only be expected from those who are deeply interested. Surely such a bounden duty as this, ought not to be left (as is too often the case) to some wretched mercenary nurse, or_ greedy hireling? Forbid it humanity I would recommend it to all. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.