Suspended Animation, the temporary cessation of the outward signs and of some of the functions of life, is treated under various heads in this work. In men it may be due to Asphyxia, Drowning, Strangulation, &c. See also CATALEPSY, COMA, INSANITY, SLEEP, DEATH, and for premature burial, BURIAL. For phenomena of this kind in the lower animals, see LIFE, DESICCATION, HIBERNATION, LATENT LIFE, ROTATORIA, &c.
Suspended Animation
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 822
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