[Rarebooks] FS: 1888 Call for Laws Against Cremation & Coffins & Embalming in England

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

“The Disposal of the Dead: A Plea for Legislation and a Protest Against 
Cremation”. By Francis Seymour Hayden. Published in London by Bemrose & 
Sons, in 1888. 2nd edition.

An interesting and outspoken attack by an advocate of a certain type of 
radical burial reform against another type. Hayden was a persuasive 
advocate for legislation to forbid the use of embalming and coffins for 
burial of the dead, as both retarded the decomposition of the body, 
which if left only in a burial shroud would return to its natural 
elements in a matter of months. Having defended this reform he proceeds 
to attack cremation as not only impractical but harmful, to both the 
atmosphere and the criminal justice system. For reasons that he explains 
and yet remain somewhat elusive, the author is convinced that the main 
use of cremation is to cover the trails of murderers who use poison. I 
honestly have no idea what that was all about.

Softcover. 6.5”x10”, 16 pages. Inscribed by “the author” on the cover. 
Light wear, minor soil. [45272] $125

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