Book of Donmon Teith

During the 1800s, stories filled medical journals as well as fiction (Poe's "The Premature Burial") of people being buried before they actually died. Canvassing

"Premature Burial and How It May Be Prevented" by Edward Perry Vollum and William Tebb is a thought-provoking and unsettling exploration of a macabre topic. The

Long out of print, this book was written by a prominent physician to reassure the many 19th century people who were worried about being buried aliveOne of the a

In Edgar Allan Poe's "The Premature Burial", a man obsessed with the fear of being buried alive recounts known cases of premature burial. His fixation drives hi