[viscountchocula]

What was the safety they cared about?

[ThinkingGuy]

For one thing, they really seem to have worried about accidentally being buried alive:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

[TaylorAlexander]

It is unclear to me how prevalent those fears were. The device was invented sure, someone had this fear or someone thought someone did, but how common was that really.

[idontwantthis]

They were desperately concerned about women’s uteruses falling out and wanted them to avoid strenuous activities like reading fiction.

[jzemeocala]

I'm curious as well.