A manual of practical hygiene for students, physicians, and health officers . >erexamination. In some States, legal provision has been made, forbid- 53 834 DISPOSAL OF Tin-: DEAD. diner ernbalining in case of dcatli by violence, until the body has been*viewed by the proper authority, and providing ibr proper certifica-tion before incineration. History of Modern Cremation.—According to Ja])anese authoi-i-ties, crematiou, as at present practised among ci\ilized nations, had itsorigin in their country many years ago. Until 1871, however, nospecial crematories were installed, the body in its co
A manual of practical hygiene for students, physicians, and health officers . >erexamination. In some States, legal provision has been made, forbid- 53 834 DISPOSAL OF Tin-: DEAD. diner ernbalining in case of dcatli by violence, until the body has been*viewed by the proper authority, and providing ibr proper certifica-tion before incineration. History of Modern Cremation.—According to Ja])anese authoi-i-ties, crematiou, as at present practised among ci\ilized nations, had itsorigin in their country many years ago. Until 1871, however, nospecial crematories were installed, the body in its coffin being placed onstones surrouiided by wood or other inflanimable material. In that year,crematories were erected ; and since then, the practice of incinerationhas increased to such an extent that, in 1897, in Tokio, of 34,000 per-sons who died, 15,000, or 44 per cent., were cremated. In 1898, thepercentage was about the same. In this country, the first movement in favor of cremation occurredin New York, in 1873, but the first crematory was not erected until Pig. 187G-83 Si 85 8C 4i7 88 89 90 91 ?92 93 91 95 90 97 98YEAR Curve showing number of crematiDns in the United States. (After Abbott.) 187G. This was built at Washington, Pa., by Dr. J. T. LeMoyne,for the disposal of his own body, and was the only one in the countryuntil 1884, when another was established at Lancaster, Pa. Duringthis interval of eight years, the use of his crematory was allowed byDr. LeMoyne for others, and 25 incinerations were performed. Be-tween 1884 and 1900, the number of crematories increased to 26,which growth indicates a steady increase in public sentiment in favorof the process. The number of cremations performed in the UnitedStates from 1884 to 1899 is shown in Figure 124 from the monograph lIlsrollY or MODKIIJS CnJJMATION. 835
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