MARC Record from Library of Congress

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041 1 $aengfrelat
050 00 $aRA1063$b.W78
100 1 $aWinslow, Jacques-Bénigne,$d1669-1760.
240 10 $aAn mortis incertae signa minus incerta a chirurgicis quam ab aliis experimentis?$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe uncertainty of the signs of death, and the danger of precipitate interments and dissections,$bdemonstrated, I. From the known laws of the animal œconomy. II. From the structure of the parts of the human body. And, III. From a great variety of amusing and well-attested instances of persons who have return'd to life ... With proper directions, both for preventing such accidents, and repairing the misfortunes brought upon the constitution by them. To the whole is added, a curious and entertaining account of the funeral solemnities of many ancient and modern nations, exhibiting the precautions they made use of to ascertain the certainty of death. Illustrated with copper plates.
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted for M. Cooper,$c1746.
300 $a4 p.l., 219 p.$b6 pl.$c16 cm.
500 $aTranslated from "Dissertation sur l'incertitude des signes de la mort et l'abus des enterrements et embaumements précipités, par M. Jacques Benigne-Winslow ... tr. et commentée par Jacques-Jean Bruhier," Paris, 1742.
500 $a"Measures to be taken for the relief of those, who are thought to be drown'd," p. 203-219, are by the English translator.
500 $aThe original thesis by Winslow has title: An mortis incertæ signa minus incerta a chirurgicis quam ab aliis experimentis? Paris, 1740, 8 p.
650 0 $aBurial, Premature$xEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aDeath, Apparent$xEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aBruhier, Jacques-Jean,$d-1756.
710 2 $aPre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC