Archive for the ‘Burial’ Category
Premature Burial Device Patents
2, Feb 2010 Brace yourself for some library science / classification / database search nerdery… or skip below to see a list of U.S. patents related to premature burial!
This morning I ran across a list of suspected premature burials with some interesting contemporaneous newspaper clips (it also links to How to Survive If You Are Buried Alive [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial| Death + Technology| Death + the Law
- Tags: coffins, patents, premature burial, research
The Last Post on Haiti’s Dead
27, Jan 2010In Haiti, A Proper Burial is in Short Supply
Frances Robles, Nadege Charles and Elinor J. Breche, Miami Herald (January 25, 2010)
This will be the last post, for a while, on the dead bodies in Haiti. I decided to run this Miami Herald article because it does a good job of summing up the problems the [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial| Death + Disaster
- Tags: death and smell, Haiti Earthquake
Aurora Casket Company Trying to Stop Cremations with Video
R. Brian Burkhardt, YourFuneralGuy (January 25, 2010)
YourFuneralGuy just found a gem: it seems the Aurora Casket Company, one of the big three casket manufacturers in the United States, made a video of a mock funeral for direct cremation, the very villain encroaching on and slowly killing [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial| Cremation| Death + Humor| Death + the Web| Funeral Industry
- Tags: mock funerals, video
Envisioning the Death Toll in Haiti
22, Jan 2010Haiti’s Many Troubles Keep Bodies Uncounted
Simon Romero and Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times (January 21, 2010)
Haiti quake toll ‘may be 200,000′
BBC News (January 18, 2010)
I have a hunch that for years to come, the final death toll in Haiti will remain unknown. As the tagline for the above New York Times article states: The simple [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial| Death + Disaster
- Tags: Haiti Earthquake
The (un)Diseased Dead
19, Jan 2010Infectious Disease Risks from Dead Bodies Following Natural Disasters (pdf)
Oliver Morgan, Pan American Journal of Public Health, 2004;15(5):307–12.
In the wake of the deaths from the Haiti Earthquate — 200,000 at the most recent estimate — officials are struggling to provide appropriate and respectful body disposal. In an earlier post John mentioned the common misconception that [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Burial| Death + Disaster
- Tags: disease, Haiti Earthquake, mass graves, research