Telegram-herald., 1889-05-18

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quietly a. Z xoins - sle~p- Co1ruulp-
gis~s. for insLaacs s1o. strangely saoggs.
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die iu EAls slsep, or Il Inclined 81 sleep
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head - being ralssd there Is talat gar
giias sound IA l1s tAEOAs a1d deala tszSs
place sgp gpaEsatly NShOur pain.
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ElosE p@l4t4-s~
I tntnk death from saffocari0n IS %
eA4ss rae struggle Tor breath Sne the Ia
tease desire co oserconIe LDe iD pediLnSnts
e. breathing l. sonsr1lng 5errlbie - con
lnplags snd sEill more teFriolc 70 expeIi
sacs. " 1eu student a. eollege ! "as
Esry usarly erosued- S4s taken cut O.
tie water IlseI.slble. aud - can spcak oi
I1ls Alad " death from experience, &c
cause / VS. virtually dead. that - 10 SAY
II / lad remained 10 the water few min
utes longer tie curtain that divides tlAls
from eJsralgy would have simply come
down. aad-srll. the world would hav,
been spared another doctor, souldn't ll'
saic be with a smile.
Il hAd heard previous 10 this experiences
of mla~. nc went on, THAT drowning wa
very pleasant death, and that drowning
p-rsous sas beautiful visions a. the result
II the circulation OF carbOnizrd blood, ant
vas waiting for them 10 occur, bat they
dld not had read that it was very
pleasant sort OF death, but when / came
10 tas scratch under the water found Il
anything Out pleasant, and the rrmem
brance of that terrible struggle for life II
the water i, a. yoa may imagine. amons
my most vivid r-cOliections. There II
however. a mercy in these violent deaths
Ia much the more intense the agony
the quic s-r death must come. because tn,
vital forces will give way sooner"
What do you think OF the death ehapteu
so frequent In the novels of today ar,
they true or untruey"
Well, 20 that must answer yes and NO
Many authors make special study o.
death from certain diseases before describ
Ing them and the same remark is true OF
actresses. Many actresses make IL ruiz,
TO consult some physician on the effect OF
certain pOlsOns for example before acting
their parts In order TO ascertain what sort
of deaths they produce. Both authors
and actresses maze study OF death In
our hospitals whenever they can. but still
there are great many of our present day
writers who draw 10 al unlimited extent
upon their imagination in depicting death
scenes and very often make ludricrous
mistakes In consequence. An eGinent
professor and author--a friend of mine
desired TO introduce into one of his works
a man who had suffered severe injury in
she back as the result of fall, and il was
necessary that he should be reasonably
active. The question arose whether IL
WAS possible, and physician having been
consulted il was fouud TO be impossible,
and so the writer altered IL 10 a disease Of
me bone.
Perhaps" the doctor went on "the
most finished account OF death from an in
ternal disease is 10 be found in Evan
Iyitch' work by the famous Russian
novelist Count Folstoi. 1t is a most mas
terly production, and could not fail TO
please any medical man who read it,"
But this is a very sombre subject isn't
it9 IL reminds me of the story of the
/ young man who met friend on the street
/ one day who was dressed in black, and
/ was 10 all appearances in mourning, and
when asked by his friend who was dead he
replied with a mOurnful smile Nobody
I old man. | am paying attention TO the un-
/ dertaker's daughter
/ 'If talk much more on this subject
/ people will think | know far too much
about death. he laughingly continued.
What Is the surest indication of ap-
proathing desth7'
well that differs I'm different diseases
In some cases a veil passes over the face of
the dying person which gives a grayish
aspect but this does not always occur"
Is the average life longer or shorter than
il used 20 bes'
The average life IS much longer not
withstaading the increasing pressure Of
modern life. There are more people to-
day whom science has enabled to live than
ever lived before. Darwin's famous theory
was the survival Of the fttest' which hns
obtained 30 many converts in the scientific
world, but We are fast approaching the
, survival OF the unfittest The idiots and
cripples aud those who would have died
had they lived a century ago are now EN-
abled 10 live, and this il due to the rapid
strides which medical science has made
during the last few years"
The doctor arose. and I came away i'm
I pressed with the fact that death Is not such
. a horrible thing after all, and that DR.
I Young has truly said:
We die thousand deaths in fearing
one" DAVID WECHsLER