Modern cremation: cremation, its history and practice to the present date : with information relating to all recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England / by Sir H. Thompson.

  • Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet
Date:
1899
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Modern cremation: cremation, its history and practice to the present date : with information relating to all recently improved arrangements made by the Cremation Society of England / by Sir H. Thompson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    PREFACE A THIRD EDITION of this work being required, I have rearranged and rewritten much of the material forming the last (date 1891), and brought the history of the practice of cremation and of the work of the Cremation Society of England up to the present date. The Society has now existed twenty-five years, and a brief account of its proceedings may be appropriately offered at the present juncture. Having during the whole of this period devoted a considerable portion of time to its service as President of the Council—an honour very highly esteemed and appreciated—I am enabled to relate with accuracy the incidents and varied experience which have been encountered in its management throughout. The form of the book is completely changed. Instead of Four Parts there are now six chapters and an Appendix. The first three chapters are devoted to the history above alluded
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