"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> dame_zumari@yahoo.com ( Louise Bremner) wrote in message
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> > Michael Cash <mikecash@sunfield.ne.jp> wrote:
> >
> > > >Leaving aside the burial bit, is it common to keep fugu victims
> > > >undisposed of until it's obvious they really are dead?
> > >
> > > I should think the autopsy would remove most lingering doubt.
> >
> > Ah, but autopsies are a fairly modern part of the ritual. Maybe I
> > should've asked whether it was common in the past to keep suspected fugu
> > victims undisposed of?
> >
> Somehow I have the impression that any doctor worth his salt would be
> able to know if someone was dead or not, regardless of how dead they
> might appear. But we were talking about Japan, the country that put a
> cast on my foot/leg because I sprained my ankle.

The same thing happened to me in the states.