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Mourning, Mummification and Living with the Dead

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alan Gardner  and
Michael Pritchard
Alan Gardner
Affiliation:
German Hospital, London, E8; St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College
Michael Pritchard
Affiliation:
St Thomas's Medical School, London, SE1
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Summary

Six cases are reported in which the bereaved kept the deceased's body for periods ranging from one week to ten years.

Some relevant anthropological and psychoanalytical observations are discussed. This phenomenon does not appear to have been reported in the literature of Western psychiatry.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 130 , Issue 1 , January 1977 , pp. 23 - 28
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 1977 

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