[Rarebooks] FS: Cremation- YES!! [1884] / Cremation- NO!! [1888]
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[Cremation - YES!!] Thompson, Sir Henry. Cremation, The Treatment of
the Body After Death. $350
Published in London by Smith, Elder & Co. in 1884. 3rd edition.
“Together with a paper entitled ‘Cremation or Burial’ by Sir T. Spencer
Wells, and the Charge of Sir James Stephens recently delivered at
Cardiff”. Sir Henry was ‘Surgeon-Extraordinary’ to the King of Belgium,
professor of surgery and pathology to the Royal College of Surgeons, and
a founding member and President of the Council of the Cremation Society
of England. He was also a collector, artist, and amateur astronomer.
Softcover. 5.5”x8.5”, vi + 70 pages. Minor soil, some light wear.
Inscribed on the cover “With Sir H. Thompson’s compliments”. [45273]
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[Cremation - NO!!] Hayden, Francis Seymour. The Disposal of the Dead:
A Plea for Legislation and a Protest Against Cremation. $125
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]
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