I had forgotten Poe's stories about this. Mark Twain dabbled in the genre, too, I think.
In the navies of the 18th and 19th centuries, the last stitch of the shroud went through the nose of the presumed deceased, which one would think would produce a reaction from anyone still alive. And then burial at sea, with a cannon ball in the foot of the shroud, must have finished off anyone who had been alive but did not react to the stitch.
In the navies of the 18th and 19th centuries, the last stitch of the shroud went through the nose of the presumed deceased, which one would think would produce a reaction from anyone still alive. And then burial at sea, with a cannon ball in the foot of the shroud, must have finished off anyone who had been alive but did not react to the stitch.