Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-01
noes DEATH STING?
,ne Calmly IntO the Last Long
SIe9D,

,,tuq Calmly A0Jo INC Aasu Long
Sleep.
~ G L. Beardsley, In the Medical and
.'.,ql Reporter, concludes that the
,.a5 Of dying is quite as intense as the
1'.rct Of selfpreservation. Indeed, it
.of improbable, adds the doctor, that
sbsrs would care less about living
80, 4he modes Of leaving the world a
..o,a for happy contemplation, or an
[ys+ion to the routine of plodding that
ny =. agreeable. One is remarkably ex-
rom the crime of hasty induction
~. offrms that there is no sane OIL
.i+hr mortal who anticipates his ex-
ION with any degree of pleasure.
r,o tInetion of dying is absolutely vege-
4 ,t're-we fall to pieces like a flower.
3ris verv fact, that the process is chemi-
L confirms us in the conclusion that the
al ..rbrOe" is as painless as the incon-
'"oioncp IS nothing to the fetal pilgrim
81 KIN he touches on daylight. A mo-
.o,tis examination of the way we are to
po win show marks of goodness in our
.,,l.ing off," The degree of sensibilityis
','onortioned to the integrity of the It's
IN mn nClEnICuS III aye
o-oojotps it. ANY defect in nutrition
,,lr,rbs the comfort of the individual I'M
~ ,1e o9rbOnic acid generated in the de-
~.,tsligafion of the blood becomes fixed i'll
,bs cells or is no longer displaced. The
saosory CAMILLA everywhere part with
Isir irrjtability by virtue of this poison,
nj cease to conduct currents. The
.rif,r9 of death are being satisfied, and
IL % process is contaminated when this ex-
sircflon Of sensibllity prevails at the ulti-
nate tlaments. During the progress of
'rFe dissolution of the nerve force, this
rae,ipg on of the numbness of death,
h rdiy.dual is rapidly passing into d
,ti.ion of repOse, and instead of tor
rrn rr rangs, a degree of self-satisfac-
I,.1 aff approaching to enthusiasm is re
lied. The sensations peculiar to the
bor4rputical operation OF opium, has
ca.b ether, etc, are not improbably
KIN to the mental activities OF the dy-
mol Barring the Authorizations expert
Ienced in the stupor as it gains on the sub
.ccf the moribund is familiar with
|ggught that borders on suffering. This
&elrboaic acid has poisoned or narcOtiZed
i he several ganglia, and reflex produc-
ions are interdicted. A consummate
4 ansIqesia prevails. In short, the notion
4 Dam Is IUl blA0CA bllC luobcAllJ tuhb dul
|stimulus fails to excite a response. The
'condition to this irritability is that the
Irerye centre and track be sound. Ii this
h y5or vauishes, reflex phenomena are at
H. end, and suffering, physiOlOgically
Epeakine. is impossible, because of the
i rest Of the function Of the sympathetic.
fortunately, for a wholesome study Of
ne's demise, there are assurances abun-
Nant, from yiYisectiOn, the testimony of
Those who have been restored to con-
Seriousness, and the a1firmations of the
syin-, that there is no physical recoil
om death. Burney tried hard to resist
|the efforts made to resuscitate him from
browning, so bewitched was he by his
prolonged slumber. DR.. Solander. the
traveller, was so delighted with the sensa-
lions of excessive cold that he was the
FIRST to lie down in the snow to realize the
luxury OF such death. William Hunter
was sorry he was not able to ''write how
easy and delightful it is to die" Infants
Tie as serenely as they breathe, and not
9w among the advanced in years treat
cath as a friend to their infrmities.
Hanging is naturally rated, next to cruel
xIon, most distressing procedure. But
IS reported Of those who have been
paved nom strangulation that the agony
promised to be brief, and was rapidly re-
placed by hallucinations of a fascinating
h@iety. One would fain believe that the
nd God who suffered us to feel no sigh
4 IN coming would take no delight in turn
&ng our farewell into writhing-nay, He
Ices not quit us at the last. He is our
'eatest henefactor in allowing us to sleep
it Of weaTiness. Death is, assuredly,
o tax collector; it's "jaws' are not the
Gches Of an assailant; there is no "vic-
;?to the grave;" the ghost speeds away
Jm Us as 1t entered, with no rune. The
nse Of death, as Shakespeare has it, is
lst in apprehension. 1t is the fear Of
be lonely night, not the throes of nature,
pat makes the leaving painful.