![The term saved by the bell. Comes from a fear of being buried alive. String was tied to the dead persons wrist and passed through the coffin lid, up through the ground The term saved by the bell. Comes from a fear of being buried alive. String was tied to the dead persons wrist and passed through the coffin lid, up through the ground](https://preview.redd.it/4n2ldlh87s251.jpg?auto=webp&s=0c2b95d280e093d5c10d85a17f88efb56465eb49)
The term saved by the bell. Comes from a fear of being buried alive. String was tied to the dead persons wrist and passed through the coffin lid, up through the ground
![Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It](https://cdn.historycollection.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/prematureburial.jpg.CROP_.promo-large2.jpg)
Being Buried Alive Was So Common in the Victorian Era That Doctors Used these 10 Methods to Prevent It
![The bell that a person to ring if they wake up after being buried alive - Изображение Bonaventure Cemetery, Саванна - Tripadvisor The bell that a person to ring if they wake up after being buried alive - Изображение Bonaventure Cemetery, Саванна - Tripadvisor](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0e/cf/a1/ae/the-bell-that-a-person.jpg)
The bell that a person to ring if they wake up after being buried alive - Изображение Bonaventure Cemetery, Саванна - Tripadvisor
![A gravestone in a nearby graveyard with a death-bell post, which was used to prevent anyone from getting buried alive before modern medical techniques (the bell would be removed after a year) - A gravestone in a nearby graveyard with a death-bell post, which was used to prevent anyone from getting buried alive before modern medical techniques (the bell would be removed after a year) -](https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aK7ZZx6_460s.jpg)