Before the advent of modern technology, death was considered to have occurred when the heartbeat and breathing ceased, and the soul abandoned the body. The absence of fog on a glass or a mirror placed under the nostrils and the patient's failure to get up after being called three times by name were popular methods to document death.1,2
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Machado, C. (2007). The Concept of Brain Death Did Not Evolve to Benefit Organ Transplants. In Brain Death (pp. 1–20). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-38977-6_1
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