The book Funeral Customs the World Over observes: “There is no group, however primitive at the one extreme or civilized at the other, which left freely to itself and within its means does not dispose of the bodies of its members with ceremony....
अधिकांश चिकित्सा - शास्त्र रोग और मृत्यु से मुक़ाबला करने के द्वारा जीवन को अधिक लम्बे समय तक बनाए रखने के लिए समर्पित है । ”