The cremation of the dead

12 chapters

1. 1THE CREMATION OF THE DEAD CONSIDERED FROM AN ÆSTHETIC, SANITARY, RELIGIOUS, HISTORICAL, MEDICO-LEGAL, AND ECONOMICAL STANDPOINT
2. 2PREFACE.
3. 3CONTENTS.
4. 4INTRODUCTION.
5. 5CHAPTER I. THE HISTORY OF CREMATION.
6. 6CHAPTER II. THE EVILS OF BURIAL; THE SANITARY ASPECT OF INCINERATION.
7. 7CHAPTER III. CREMATION IN TIMES OF WAR.
8. 8CHAPTER IV. THE PROCESS OF MODERN CREMATION.
9. 9CHAPTER V. THE MEDICO-LEGAL ASPECT OF INCINERATION.—THE OBJECTIONS TO CREMATION.
10. 10CHAPTER VI. BURIAL ALIVE.—CREMATION FROM AN ÆSTHETIC AND RELIGIOUS POINT OF VIEW.
11. 11CHAPTER VII. ECONOMY OF CREMATING THE DEAD.—THE PRESENT STATE OF THE CREMATION QUESTION.
12. 12TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES