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Medical Memoir: Were Dead Truly 'Saved By The Bell' Before The Modern Guidelines Of Declaring Someone Dead Evolved?
Credits: Canva and Snapshot from The Autopsy Of Jane Doe with bell tied with a deceased's ankle
SummaryFor centuries, fear of premature burial haunted people, inspiring grave bells and elaborate safety coffins so the “dead” could signal for rescue. Mistaken burials and modern cases like the Lazarus phenomenon reveal how blurred the line between life and death once was, and how medicine continues refining the very moment we declare someone truly gone.
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