Victorians had a bizarre fixation with premature burial—a fear that wasn't just hysterical, because poor medical knowledge meant that sometimes ill-trained physicians pronounced an unconscious or comatose patient dead. Sometimes the revival came at the most embarrassing moment—like the funeral. Every one of these incidents got widespread attention in newspapers, so it appeared it happene
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