Modern cremation; its history and practice : with information relating to the recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England.

  • Thompson, Henry, Sir, 1820-1904.
Date:
1891
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Credit: Modern cremation; its history and practice : with information relating to the recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    had largely increased, we might possibly be ,„„/,mm driven to submit to such a process, but, thank pltuZiiy Heaven ! the good old-fashioned resting-place sr/'- in the churchyard or cemetery would amply suffice to meet all demands for several future generations still. To some of the natural and practical objec- some active tions, especially those which had been urged byu™Ty men of experience, weight, and position, entitled to be listened to with respect and attention, I endeavoured to reply in a subsequent article which appeared two months later in the same journal. This paper follows the original one, and constitutes with it Part II. of this work. Meantime, during January and March, 1874, a few persons interested in the subject met at my house, and agreed to form a society for the pur- A cremat;on pose of advocating cremation. The declaration s°c,e'y , A ° proposed. now used was there drawn up on the 13th of January, and signed by them. The first to do so were Shirley Brooks, William Eassie, Ernest Hart, the Rev. H. R. Haweis, G. H. Hawkins, John Cordy Jeaffreson, F. Lehmann, C. F. Lord, W. Shaen, A. Strahan, Henry Thompson, Major Vaughan, Rev. C. Voysey, T. Spencer Wells, and Mrs. Crawshay ; and these subsequently formed the committee. The society was formally constituted at a meeting on April 29th, after which a provisional