"Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented" by Edward Perry Vollum and William Tebb is a thought-provoking and unsettling exploration of a macabre topic. The

Long out of print, this book was written by a prominent physician to reassure the many 19th century people who were worried about being buried aliveOne of the a

During the 1800s, stories filled medical journals as well as fiction (Poe's "The Premature Burial") of people being buried before they actually died. Canvassing

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