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Introduction 9H istory of Sepulture 11 Ancient Customs and Methods 16 Sepulchres 20 Interments A mong the Greeks 25 Customs A mong the Romans 28 Persian Burial 30 North American Indian Burial 34 Early Christian Burial 41 Animal Putrescence 49 Malignant Disease from one Corpse 55 Saturated Soil of a Graveyard Disturbed 57 I ntra-M ural Interment in the United States 94 Yellov Fever ,95 Asiatic Cholera no Pestilence 115 Rural Cemeteries 117 Coffins for the Dead 134 Country Graveyards
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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