, 1869-03-28

GuUG1 HFAln NJ open question:
Cur authority for this stAtemeut Is Captain
TO youch for every particular aa here re-
corded.
0URI0S1TES OF DEATH.
Ut y. .. DopoE.
4 physician Of nesfly forty year's e1teu.
sive practices In Massachusetts, recently
at the time Of death, there was never any
unw1n'nRpess 10 die. This remark being
made ID the presc1e &C OF tho Rev. Ur, Addi-
sou, Of Trinity Church, Washington CIV,
saNed IT n him the rejolnder that he be
nsyed It 70 BE true ard he cited, A. IN II.
full possession Of all his powers, physical
ard mental, dtsnck At his hotel, but . lew
houss before, With mortal dlsease, and To-
termed that he could not i've Till
night, who accepted the Inevitable,
a. u prepared for It by some
ness Death Is 80 dreadful to those who look
on, that II is natural to trapsfer the feeling
TO the one dyttg. But IN all cases where
acute pain h not wearing out life, careful
diagnosis will show both The approach and
presence Of ceAth to be positively pleasant
sltep- Ut eourzo tits docs not Include NO
wounds received from casuf1t,es Or In battle,
drowninE, starving, frteztnc, or being torn
by Wild beasss> cause, when productive Of
death. lete pain than is usually supposed.
Dr.. Adam Clarke, The commentator, vas re-
covered from drowning. He ttates, "All my
views and ideAs seemed Instantly and en-
thely changed. and Ind sensations OF the
most perfect felicity that Il ts possible, iode.
pEnosnt oI rapture, for The human mind To
feel. had no pain from the moment I was
submerged Kind Of green color became
Visible 10 me; multitude Of objects were
seen-not one of which, however, bore The
least analogy to anything had erer btheld
Captain John Vaughan Graham, OF the
!. yal navy, who went down in thes Geotgr,"
nd WIS rrsuscitated after more than three
houts' inani1n.don. states .sha. be had
He esw Tho sun shining through ths
water, aud had 4 dreamy feeling that he
should see II no more. But he felt no fear,
nor any desire fot rescue. He had delight
In cropping At the bottom Of the water, and
steehDg o. anger towards those who drew
ltcerces OF all the events Of his lite produced
pleaxu1able sensations.
LIZ, Livingstone, the African traveller,
CsTes The following account OF being seized
BY liou, and OF his sensations: 4" Starting
up and looking hatf around, SAW the lion
Just in the act Of splinglng upon me. I
Wa upon little height; he caught
my shoulder a. he Eprnng, and We both came
70 the gzcurd below together, Growing
horribly, close to my e&1. De shook me as !
stupor similar to that which seems 70 bo
telt BY q moute after the hrst shake OF the
cat. Il canseda q eort Of drearnlnese, IN which
there was no sense Of pain nor feeling OF ter
ror, though quite conscious Of all that was
happening. It wns Ike what patients par-
1,ally under the Influence OF chlorofosm de-
the kpife. Ibis singular COZ ditcn Was not
the result Of any mental process. The shake
arnihfiated fear, aod allowed no sense of hor-
TOT In looking around ~ tho beast- This Pc
cu1!ar state Is probably produced IN all ani.
mails killed by the earatroTa. aud, II so, Is a
for sseuinE the pain Of death. Turning round
to rels7s myself Of the weight, as be had
one paw on The back Of my head, l saw hi.
eyes directed to McbalWe, Who was trying to
sloot him: H. eun missed Gre, and the lion
II is not quite certaiu that dying at The
stake Is intensely psinful sfler the FIRST
scoEch of the flames. II 1t were II ia hardly
| possible to account Tor tne endurance ol
come Of the Epglish ma.tyrs. Btshop Hoop
er lived IL the fire forty minutes. and died
and his body blIsttted before the pie was
e. tlrcly ignlted-the wind blowing the
flames aside, and the drn being
twice re-fed with iacs sots. Ridley Il
frst struggled In. agony, but alter
ward became quiet, - L the sense Of palu
were gone. Robert smith, being well nigh
half burned. and clustered together like
black GOALS, suddenly rose uprf sht before the
! crowd, lifted up his arms, as If IN dtfiance ot
bis enemies, and cIapped his hands together.
Indeed 1t Is not cert1 In that excessive bodily
pain does not end toward death In positive
| f1eaMnFn NRa+I1 Gil %Eay .t-r r.
Catholics or Psotestants, suecumoed at first
Al atterward were either pasieat or ful
Of Tptutc- 1t Is recorded OF Theodostus, o
bythinia, Who was SO cxquislte}y tortured 10,
ms religion that he nearly died
to endure such tormeut, be replied, .A
hrst 1elt some pain, but at once there stool
BY nc young person who wiped away N,
sReat and 10 refreshed me with cold water
The groans and screams Of the wounde.
and dying on the bat attle6e1d are we'll enough
In PoelsT, but have NO existence as matte
OF fact. An exclamation In 4 ordluary ton
Of yelce, upon ftit being shot, reques
mace to q comradc to be helped out OF tn
TaJ, aBd Sigh or two, long drawn, as th
breath icares the body, sum up the no1s
made by the dying from wounds received ii
The mere act Of dying is seldom, In an
sense Of tie word, painful process II i
true that some perhons die IA state of budi
~ torture, IL in the case tetd"as that tn
drullhaFd dying OF dt3u Jun freHsens Is haunt
that most horrible OF all diseases, hydrophe
bla. IN addition 10 thotc peculiar bodily eut
ft1ings from whlcht.the disease derives II
name, may be In state Of terror from til
supposed presence Of frlghtiul objects, Whicl
arr presented to bin as realities, even 10 tn
last But The general rule Ii, beyond al
doubt, TINT 10th mental and b ,d,iY suffer-
cs terminate before the scene - finally
closed.
! During the hiRh.ful days Of the Freuc7
Revolution, when heads fell BY scores ever:
| day, and the very gods seemed athirst
remained for longer or 4hotte
time after decoIation: It Was said that
bluth sutIuscd the cheek ot Charlotte Cor
day; that tie eyes Of Madame Roland
which were large snd expressive, opened a
VI Pbn es 81 epaod 1na n anntEsel eai a Il
ecorn " hen his head was hald up to the uul
titude. Analogy between this reputed re
tention OF seLtibtlltr In the tEunkltks hea
and the locouoitou oi fowls after their heat
arc on, was att. mpted 10 be shown. Rccer
experiments, however. Indicate the idea
"M. Bopnnlont had ready near Ii
euIllotlne, urder which two Aras
were to be executed, vessels filled vi
| OulyEft&E4 pla&1GI, pl4ce4 on 10
liable, Ills friend, associated Ia the expe1
; mint, WAS provided With small speakin
trumpet snd sharp pointed probe. Al Il
Instant The nrst head fell II vas placed
; nnc Of the yeshels continuing the plaster.
order to arrest henorrhage. The speak,!
trumpet was then applied 10 the ear OF Il
: head and the mans name shouted lhrou1
: 1t, hut there vRs neither motion OF the ey
a lits nor co1uRation OF tue brow tho ey
q were dull aud motioalcss, the complexit
q colotless the expression Of ths face not |
5 dlcallyc OF pain. Neither were the muscl
s contracted rpon being pierced with the tut
= With ihc second head the results were I
q came. lie syEcopc induced ty the sectI
oi the large Arteries iLstaltly prouue
:, ! death.
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