Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1849-12-18
phys,cal Pain Of Dying.

IN the London Quarterly for October
= g, curious article on the signs ct DEATH
Among other things it speaks thus OF me
degree of physica PAIN connected "lUl
different forms of death. -,
The pain of dying must be distinguish
ell from the pain of the previous H'SeaSc'
Cor wi en- life Gibbs sansibillty defines
As death is the final extinction OF corporal
feeling, so numbness increases as "ea'h
comes on. The prostrauon OF disease
like heal,hrul fatigue, cngenders grow
;na s,nnor--a sensation of subsldmg softly
into = coveted rcposc. The transition
assemblies what may be seen IN those !ol-
-. n,onn,ains. whose sides exhibiting
o,.,r,. climate in regular grada'lon, vegc-
,,,ion mXuriatcs at their base, ana H"ih-
dies in the approach to the regions OF snow
rlI lis fccbles, manifestation IS rcprcSSed
I,,. ,hc cola The so called agony can
rrvcr bn more formidable than when 'hc
hr,;n i the last to 90, and the mid pre-
serves to the end a rational cognl'ahcG u
,he.s,oin Of the body. \ persons mus
..,u,,cd commonly attest that there are
r.v ,hinrs in life less painful than the
,J,sc If had strength enough TO hold
, ncp. said William Hunter, i would
write. how easy and delightful 1T Is To
die III this be dying, sand the niece "'
Newton of Omcv, 1T is 4 pleasant thing
+, d,c : .thc very expressions, adds heI
unrlc (which another friend of mine made
usr Of ON her dcath-hcd few years
,ro' The same words have 80 often been
uttered under similar circumstances 'na'
we could fill pages with instances which
are only varied by the name OF the Spca-
kt.r If this be dying said Lady Gle
norchy, 1T is the easiest thing magma
bIc.' i thought that dying had been
more dinicul,,' said Louis XIV. 4 due
moi suppose ii was So sweet To die. sa''
Franri, Suarcz. the S. }anish thcolog'an.--
An ,urecahlo surprise WAS the prevailing
sentiment with them all; they expected
tho stream To terminate in the dash ct the
,-,rrc,,, and they found ii WAS losing llScI
N the grn.lcs, current. The whole OF 'h'
c,,uI,i.s seem sometimes concentrated III
,Lc nI,rid enjoyment. The day Arlhu
Murnhv died, ne kept repeating IRON
Pope.
,.T,urbt la f by reason, half by mere decay
y, welcome death, and calmly pass away
Mr. does The calm pariakc of the senSi
,;ycnrss Of sickness. There was sWcI
IN the sea the day CoIIiugwood hrra'he'
his last upon the element which naH o'c'
,hc scene of his glory, Captain lhoma
.rxnresscd fear that he WAS disturbed D.
,La tnssinc of the ship: NO, Thomas,
nc replied i am now in a state IN w'i p
"n,,,iar in this world can disturb m
mnra | am dying: and | am sure
INNS, he consolal0ry to you, ant all VIII
lave me, to see hnw comiortabi! 'i
coming to my end.
After these remarks the Quartcrl
src.Ls Of the different kinds OF violcr
; death. Drowning is wholly without pan
and sometimes, accompanied hya pie;
Smr,hle sensation. Intense cold bring
on smelly sleep, which fasclna'es I'll
senses, and fairly begHIirs men out oil inc
l;vos All accounts agree, that III hans
;n,r ..,he uneasincss Is quite momrn'arI
n9, > pIeasurablc feeling immcd'a''l
,nrcccds, that coIors Of various hneS sta
nm be(orc the sight, and that these haFiu
becn oazcd on for trivial space The re