Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-22


SEssATioss Wuxa Dxsxc.--The
popular ideas reietive Is The suiEerians
! 81 sefspns va ste rclaaef death aat 'slst
A6sl Il eefdsssa klent effnneoa
/ The aptcafancko Of extreme axony whicll
d Oflen presented undef these cigcnm-
sRancea s due 10 mere muscular agila-
ton, Independent OF any extFaordinaFy
seuslbillty OF the nerves Of feeling
Those WEE die siaiardl death in the
very last stages Of existence are scarce
IL conscious Of bodily suAefing--nos
more than they frequently are 10 The at-
tenticns and solieitude Of friends,
Those who die by violence Cr accl
dent uhdCubthdly experiences degree
Of pain proportionate to the extent Of
the bodily mutilation. Hanging Is
doubtless an unpleasant mode of death:
bot few, aiteraA, sshullle OF this mcE-
cal COLI more easily than those stiss
peRded by the neck. II is akin 10
drowning in this respect. The blood
Immediately seeks The head and soon
deprives Il or al CONSEQUENCES. The
efforts 10 enhale the air, which are kept
up for some time after the cord - ats
lached, and which causes such violent
movements Of the chest and extFemi-
ties, arise from the influence of the
spinal marrow. whose seBsibility is not
80 soon destroyed by the eOngesliOn Of
The blood as that oi the brain.
Persons who die by deeapitation most
probable suffer more, though their pain
Is only monientarys thfs u the case
with those who bloss cut theirybpains.--s
The sensation produced by ball passing
through the body would be difficult %
describe BY one who has never expe2
Fienced II, but Il is something IN this
case that those who are shot, although
the "leadcn messenger Of death" may
not have penetrated any essentially vi
tai organ. Immediately fall to the earth.
apparently under an irresistible feeling
Of their approaching return TO dust, exc
claiming, a. II were, involuntariiy, ~
few moments that are consumed in the
ebbing of life, must occasion unuttefa.
bic feelings of agony, Independent cs
The mere sensations OF pain in The parts
sundercd by entrance OF the blade
The rushing out Of the blood at each
convulsive pulsation Of the heart must
Stem like the actual spectacle Of the
flow Of life.
Those " ho are crushed 10 death may
not expire instantly, unless the Uranium
happens TO be involved in the cSsdalty'
where the skull is not fractured there -
probably an inconceivable sgOny for
few secondhand flashing thcsght OF
home, friends and family, all is over
Those who are cut in two BY heavily
burdened railroad carriage fnhst exPe.
rienee some similar sensations.
If the neck is broken low down the
person does not necessarily die on the
instant. HIS situation Is the most dis-
tressIng Of any which can be imagined.
He may live and have being for days.
but he cannot move. His face may e1-
press all the passions, feelings and emo
tons, but beyond the motions Of his
breast and countenance his energies do
not go. His arms are piniOned to his
side. his legs are lifeless aud be essen
tially beholds his body In the grave,
while he Is get in iull possession OF has
faculties. The least disturbance OF bis
position is liable TO launch him at once
into eternity. g..
In taking laudanum a person exists IN
a state Of insensibiIity fora length ol
time, a melancholy spectacle to his
friends. In poisoning from arsenic
great amount Of sbferiag is undergone
The sensibiIity OF the stomach Is ex-
ceedingIy acute when inaamed, and the
effect Of arsenic is 10 produce fatal in-
fiamatfon Of the viscus. Prussie aeid
Is rapid, and acts by ParalyzIng the
brain.
In rejecting on the horrors which
death presents under the different as
poets ofviolence the mind becomes sat
isfed with disgust. We cannot do bet
ter than turn to the contemplation Of II,
feature In the inilder course Of disease
where, II the mind be at ease, the Ina
exit il made without any OF those revol
ting exhibitions OF ofbodily suffering