PREMATURE INTERMENT OF THE


DEAD
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Several attempts have lately been made
by the English in France, to rouse the atten-
tion of the French government to this SUBJ
ject. and to produce a total change in the
system. Their endeavors, However. do not
appear to be attended with success, and com
plants are made in England that those hu-
name applications have been treated with a
GOODNESS bordering on incivlity DR.. Mac
nab, Scotch physician who had resided in
France for many years, is stated to have
made some spirited exertlons on the subject,
during the ministry of M. De Cazes, and IT
is mentioned as circumstance creditable to
that gentleman, that his conduct was an eX-
ception to that observed by his predecessors
and successors, the present minister's
lust as M De Cazes was about to propose
an alteration in the French law of burials
he resigned the seals Of Office. The memo
rial of DIR. Macnab has been since published
IN England. 1t is an interesting document
and as we have perused it with some atten-
tention, we presume the following brief ex-
tracts will be acceptable to- our readers.


q Individuals of whatever rank" says the
Doctor. " from crowned heads to the labor.
ers in the fields, are equally victims to this
unnatural custom the rich and the poor
the child newly born--the youth in the flow
er of life, and the favorites of creation, the
fair sex. are alike exposed to the danger OF
perpetual death, from premature intcrment
In every age and country, history has fur
nished numerous instances OF individuals. -
who in apparent death have been preserved
by accidental causes from premature inter
ment. The short period of twenty four
hours allowed by existing laws of France
for the purpose of ascertainng the real or ap-
parent death of individuals; is far too short
There are many cases in which the signs Of
apparent death are Witnessed, and which
cannot be determined for days after they
have been manifested. ! could enumerate
diseases in which such signs are common"