Smyrna times., 1858-04-08
MISC ELAN EO u S.
Information for the People.

There is one subject on which every man
md woman is interesird--on which, in fact,
vou. dear reader, are sure to be nervousIy sen.
-:tiVe:
PAIN !--Bnr ,vhrt Io vnu think of its being.
fter ~, n hIr--.ngt From an able article in
he las, "uuher ~ the London Quarterly, we
aust extract a passage or two on tne philosophy
! ihi~ pi~~s.ng ~ dIsgnisc:
"Sr Humphrey Davy, when Dov, with the
!rI,n: c0uslancy OF youth which had as vet
.I.i"rri rnInIng, held the OpInIun that pa IN was
40 rvH. tie was retutrd by crab who bIt his
when he was baIhIng, aud made hun roar
nId enough 10 BE- heard half mile cd. IT hr
nad IN tIutaInrd instead, that pain tO0S a rood
ris ducirlnP would have breu untnpelcha BILE
UuirsS ln+ whG,e constitution of the world were
Uttered our very existence depends upon our
.cnSIhIfIy tn suiirT;ng.
AN inecd"e, which is quoted by DR.. Car
renter - as i'riuc,ues ct IIumtn Pbysl0loay.'
ram M J.iurnsi Of Naturalist s.iOWs the
,Ial trc', II ;" nporary su-pru-Iou of this
NV If nr nrInts. A dr"ver went to sleep on
wInt'r'> .yroing upnn the pl ,tinrnI ui lime
KILN, with one leg resting upon the stones Which
had been piled up to burn through the night
That which was gentle warmth when he laV
down became consuming rre before he rose
np HIS foot was burnt off abnVe the ankle
and when reused in the morning by the man
who Suprrlniendcd the lImpkn, he put HIS
stump, unconscious of his misfortune, to the
Grnunl. The extremity crnmblrd into fragments.
Whetn.r ne had been ulled INTO Ior9or by the
carbnnlc acId driven off from the limestone, or
whatever else may have been the cause ii his
Insenslbillt,. he felt no pain. and through his
very exemption from tins lot of humanity, ex-
pired fortnight afterwards ~ Br sol hospital.
:" Without the warning voice OF pain, lite
would or a series of >InIlar dIsas ers. The
crab, tn the lasting deI.menl of chemistry,
might have eaten off 'he future Sir Humphreys
foot while he was swimming without his enter
taInln: the sIghtrst suspicion of the ravagrs
which we're gorng on. Had he survived he iIl-
jures from the crab. he would yet have been
cut of ~ the morning Of his famous career, If,
when experimenting upon the gases, the terri
bile npJr.ssIdn at his chest had not warned him
to ceIsa Inhnling the carburetled hydrogen /;
nor, after long struggle tor life, would he have
recovered to say to hIs alarmed assistant, / do
not think shall DIE Without physical pain,
infancy would be maI,ned, 0r perish, before ex-
perienca could inform it of its dangers. Lord
Kaines advised parents to cut the ingers nt
th-ir children cnnningly' with a kn,t.. tn
the little lnnOcents might a$s'cif.a suF-rIng
! with the glItlerlng blade b"fpr t1ny could do
! themselves worse InIH-y; Iut i %" sint tr' ar
cOmpanled The wD nd. tn'y Wnr rnt mJ the, r
own hIgHrs with III Stn, Iier I.i1 fht'y rut
sticks. aud burn tnen "a the email wuh the
Srn' de- iLhi thit tr'y para - rc,. nt plvsr IN
| the fire w 'hnl pain, We could noi proper
ton our actlIns 10 the strength Of oar fame, ur
our exrrilOns 10 IT'S pOwers Of Pndurance. In
| he i'm ,Ailn-ity nfvOuth we shnnld strike blows
that would crush oar .nds, I'D break onr arms {;
| We sh uId take leap. that would dslnc,te our
/ limbs; aud ia longer taught by fatigue thar
/ The mn ,cl's needed rrpose, we shoud cont time
our sports aud our walking tours All we had
worn ont the living tissue with the same IN
Il coBsci uis1ess that we now wear out our cuats
and sh Ies.
i =. The very nu'riu"ni which is the support ni
life wiuld frequently prnvP our death. Mira.
Denu said 4 a nan who was ~ Il;P ~ he was
1 cnrpnlrn,, that his only nse WAS To show how
Il tar tha skln wul'd stretch without bursting -
Without pain, This lint would be constantly ex-
, ceeded. and ep cures. experiencing 40 uneasy
sensations, would continue ihrIr FESTIVITIES uu-
, I'll they met Win hr fate of the frog 10 the a'
. BILE, who was ar biiIOus of p,nulaimg The size 0
the OK. SIR Charles Bell mrntI"n' the case o
patient who had lost the sense ni heat 10 hi'
/ right hand, aud who. UNCONSCIOUS that the cover
Of pan which had tallnn inio he fire was bnrn
ing hot, tuok it ont and deliberately returned Il
. to its proper place, TO the destruction of th,
; skin Of the palm of the fingers. This Of itsel
M would be an accident of Incessant occnrrrnce !
!. th. monitor were waning which makes as Il rOI
/ such materials more hastily than we pick then