The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-07-21
WAY PEOPLE DIE.
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 !" The ideal death sald physician iu charge of one d ihe New York city hos. p,,ak to reporter oiiisa .Nss. was that ot my un,ie. He was hal. hearty man ot Se. a bachelor. wealthy. and su,- rounded with every comfort ln beautiful home not far from New York. He aiose one morning apparently in perfect health His buoyaney of spirits was noticed He vas sipging some oi the qua,n, old seo,ch songs ot h,s boyhood. He expected sisi, from nc. and he arose rom the table afict d hea,,y and partial meal. saying ,ha, he would drive down ia the dcpe. not far away, and bring me ,o the hosisr He had the servant hnng the pon,es to the door. and refused tn let the man go with him. saying he preferred la dt,se himself. lie mounted tho box and drove ef at a smart pace The old gentleman had not driven more than I iew tuds iroft his own house when he vas met bs ne,khbof who noticed something strange a h,s appearance. Hts horses stopped Inc nr,ghhm d,smounted. and wen, ,o the stdc of hts carriage aud spoke to hn Inc old gentleman did no, answer. He a, upright n htA scat. holding tho fe,ns m his hssti He Wis dead. lie had passed away without shosk ai any kIud lhetc MAS no apparent eaus~ oi h's death. whi, h wss probably o.saaioned by hear disease
 b. l. l.. seaman physe isa-in-s hiei ot hauiy hospital. liaekwelis bland. taok great interest in observing the mu. h eaan'cd death ssenes oi sarah iirfnhar.li, and when once started sn the Nublea kr IS an' io glyc d judgment et the atsa, setfess pefiorman, - .o9leshai different 'Ions the Rcaetsl eens lls.iaas ni tho dta matp tthies. speaking on ihis sui,,e.i sle ethe' das. bf. seansn sad lhat Mile hetnhAidt hal seven ~aya ei dyins. and ali at Them ~ete totally anIIy anything he had esci scen in >a mcsi{ al pfsstise
 eseifaH manl tha8saads ot Cssea aI all kgaas II death
 T nit,e ! io net hoid myas,i fe sponstbic iof the deaihs n my hoamtal any metc than fn ihc b'tha. sa,d h ecsnian My paucas 5ans n ~hen EheY ate almost n the last moments uf fife Many are known .o he absolutely bsyond hopes oi recovery. E,a my ob .efvaiIoD euuStncrs me that the sifAHstial and aeiots have taf over estimated the pans ai death. snd esp~eially the poses b,l,iles ei gtea, mental ciior, iast ptessous so he moment of dsssnluiipn
 l. ts. m i4ti, about ,s difiit uit to ieli Nhca man dses .s to determine ~hes he goes ln sleep Death ls gfaduait not |. sbdtien pfns rss 1 ain speaking nov at death by disease, not of violent death iossibiy tn the representation of violent death Inc ss tors nay come aninew here neal ihe ruth, bat generally tbel, plstuses oi draih ho disease, are, to one ~ho knows Inc truth, simply ridiculous. iDis- oluiion IS "a painless and unconscious Aa binh Inc approach ia may be poo itae,rd and paiui4i. There may be long snd agoniYlng scenes resulting rom dis ordered imagination. Death dessro,s one organ after another. no, al as onte. Inc last organs tn yield ar the innF.. ~hl' show ths,f oppression n the breathing, and produce ~ha, !. termed the death rattle As soon ss shs lungs ease to at. the biAk senoas blood ls no longer hanged ,a ar~Tlal blood. bp. a propelled anpurbed ifom the heart and tnas po,sous the body like nat eoiit The enrrgses d the bfaln are gradually luiied A m the appfoash h oe sleep. and spcoas ious cetebal 4, ton pfoduees the ptunaps of friends. or reeoi, le,'ions ni pas, liie, or reference ,o what, esef has psssed through the ntna. EDt that there ls pain m H.i'ufz! death ! haze long eeasei 10 i,elisye.r
 hr death d a healthy person ls .lasys very different thinx from he death sf dfseAsed pesson. in eas1s oi accident. where persons know they nust dIe ih very shes, iime. sniess ,he shock has not been too great, they preserye theu customary trains Of thoughis they direct their affairs sath com posufc"
 Have you ever known persons to die in q come al mood F'
 There arc historical cases Douglass JerroId is reported ,o have sz,d Why torture dying creature, doctor z and everybody remember. the dy'ng joke of Robert Eusns--' i,on'f lef the awkward squad ire oyer me
 .' IL must be remembered, ho~sses. that what are called the last words of great men may have been uttered con siderabIc tinae before death either hours m days. Some alIo~Anee must bc made ios the isDgossibiiity of procuring tess,- mony. When the late Dr. Heard died. after haspng become widely known ss An intelligent and educated skeps,e, his sss- ter proclaimed thai he had secanted on his dexth-bed, and had indicated has hope :a heaven by pointing upward, and saying Higher. higher But the a;- irndzni ~ho vas beside ijr. Beard, sad the -oTcs. Higher. higher. had no ref efence .o fstnre state of existence, bat were simply an indication that the doctor