How did people historically determine whether someone was actually dead before modern medical equipment?

And how did people distinguish between death, unconsciousness, and temporary states that could make someone appear dead?

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u/happycorpse_exe — 3 days ago

Today i went to V&A Museum

Did anyone go there today? If you did show me some photosa and also who did this one sculpture!

u/happycorpse_exe — 6 days ago

She has long fingers ngl

I've seen images of her online, a couple days ago I went to see her irl, and looks like the images werent edited after all...

u/happycorpse_exe — 7 days ago