medem@lemmy.wtf to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agoThere are probably hundreds of thousands of people who where taken for dead and were buried because they were catatonic and we'll never know.message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down11
arrow-up157arrow-down1message-squareThere are probably hundreds of thousands of people who where taken for dead and were buried because they were catatonic and we'll never know.medem@lemmy.wtf to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 9 days agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarepurplemonkeymad@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·9 days agoAt one point they would tie string to the foot of the person, then connect it to a bell above ground. If they woke up their panic would ring the bell.
minus-squareGumus@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin I don’t think they were actually used. Or at least never saved anyone.
At one point they would tie string to the foot of the person, then connect it to a bell above ground. If they woke up their panic would ring the bell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin
I don’t think they were actually used. Or at least never saved anyone.