Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1844-08-23
.ro LIVE OR Dre.-rhe most

.ro LIVE OR DIE.-'rhe most
W. w. instance Of the powers of the will
da e' me n functions Of The body. and taking
e eSe..,her. perhaps the mos. remarkable
ivy an record being supported BY the
CIV ';aonv OF unques,i"nahle authority. is
e s.,.d by DR.. Chryne. in his English
, 's''I.dv.' It's the ca-e II the lion. Col
c~",o.enc, who for many years had suf-
. ." from an organic disease Of the kid
Wv. bv which he was greatly e.l.acia,ed.
Wy" ga. attended bv Dr.. Barnard. Dr..
c ~ and Mr.. Shrine; and these gene
.,.m.n were sen, f'r one mnrning To wit.
W.. a singular phenomenon. tie told
,h.m he had for some time observed an
VII. 'y sensation, by whirh. if he c"'np"srt
Sa he could die or expire when he
'I.,.ed. and by an eif"r, come to life again.
r.. medical attendants were avprse. in
8. weak state 10 witness the experiment.
IN, he insisted upon il. and the following
nDr Cheyne's account: We all three
81, his pulse frs, i, was dis'inc. though
.m.Il and ,hready, aud his hear. had It's
usual beating. lie composed himself on
hi, back and lay in still posture some
,;ms: when / held his right hand. Dr..
Baynard laid his hand on his heart. and
Mr. Shrine held clean hooking glass To
ri, mouth. found his pulse sink grad
ually till a. las, could no. feel any by
he mos; exac, tonch. DR.. Hayward could
m, feel the least emo,i"n IN his heart. nor
Mr.. Shrine the least soil Of breath on the
h,ish. mirror which he held 10 his mouth;
,nen each he held to his mouth /; then each
# rs by turns examined his arm. heart.
and breath. but we could not BY the nices,
mu,ipv discover the least symptom Of
hfs in him. We reasoned long time a.
bou, This odd appearance as we'll az we
could. aud all Of us judging it inexpicabIe
and unaccounlable, and finding he still
,oninued in lha. condition we began 10
,oucIu,le tina, he had carried the expert
men. too far, aud a, las. were satisfied he
V. actually dead. aud we're jus. ready To
lave him. This continued abonl half an
hour, by 9 o'clock in the morning in au-
,um. As we were going away. we OBJ
mrved some mnlion about The body, aud
uoon examination found his pulse and
he motion of his hear, gradually return
jna; he began to breath gently aud speak
,Olly we were as,o"ishrd I" I'll" las. de-
res a. this unexpected change. aud AFTER
,ame further ron, ersasion with him, and
among ourselves. wen, away fully sa,i>6.
uas 10 all The particulars of hi. fact. con
founded and puzzled. and no, able to i"r.n
INV rational scheme tina. nigh, accoun,
br il He afterwards called for his a,tnr
new sdded-a cordial tn hi. viii. seliled
kgacies on his servants. received The sa.
,smen,, and calmly and conposedly ex
nlrcd abou, five or six o'rlwk that eve
ming. His body was examined. aud all
the visera. with the exceptions 1T The rigsn
kidney. which was greatly diseased. were
lund perfectly happy and natural. :'hi-
power Of the will, to die or live al pleas
ue. is. perhaps. one OF the most remark
ubIe phenomena connected with the natu-
nl history Of The human body. Bur,o"
AIlude. to cases Of The same kind. and re-
ports that the celebrated CarLan Dragged
that he could separate himself from his
eases when he pleased. CELSIUS made re-
ference to prizes! who possessed the same
ext aordn4ry power.
Pe'igrew IN approximations connect.
ed with Medicine.