Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-06-16
PLEASURE In DYING.
What q Physician Says About the AZ
nroach of Death.

What Physician Says About the APP q
proach of Death
know that a human beings death
was formerly considered great strug-
gle; and vivid, almost shocking, de-
scriptions OF the phenomena of dying
were given in such exaggerated forms
that none cared to think of the supreme
moment death should come to them
Euthanasia, or the pleasure of dying,
takes the very opposite view and pro-
claims death to be easy and almost
painless As the end of life approaches,
nature often brings her peculiar anss-
thetic, and the person passes Oft with
out suffering half the agony that the .
sickness causing the death brought to
the patient Even men meeting vio-a
lent death in the jaws of wild beasts
have few seconds of calm preparation
before dying, which brings relief and a
certain degree of pleasure.
The great trouble in death Is the sick
ness and pain that carry one TO the door
of death. and it is at such moments that
one suffers all the torment and agony
of a dozen deaths The pleasures of
diving can be likened only TO those OF
| the dreamy morphine eater, who gradu-
ally passes off into semi-consclous
state where everything seems like noat-
| ing visions of bliss The body and
nerves are numb, and the excited over
| wrought brain becomes quiet and unex-
| cited. The imagination plays fanci-
] fully with blissful pictures, apd the
whole-condition of the nervous system
| is of pleasurable eXaltation- .
The drowning man experiences the
same relief and pleasure when the
| struggles are over and the Scold limbs
grow stiff and numb. Persons frozen
| in binding snowstorTns have reported
| their sensations accurately, and they
| all agree that after a certain amount OF
| suffering, which everyone feels at first
in extreme cold, they enter into bliss
full state. from which they do not wish
to be reused
Morphine, cocaine, ether and lauda-
| mum bring to the patient this same
mental and nervous condition, and pa
tients resent any attempt TO rouse them
from their dreamy state Nature sup
| plies her own ansesthetic before the i'm
| portant moment has arrived Before
the death rattle is heard the CONFUSED
frame relaxes, the signs of pain and suf-
fering on the frame disappear, and
often a smile partly opens the lips The
| whole body shows signs OF painless
| moment and if the mind wanders and
the tongue utters words, they are all OF
| pleasure and JOY
Those that have watched at hundreds
) of death beds have noted that death
was easy, and officers in battle have
testified that the last moments of dying
soldiers were painless People that
have been in the jaws of wild beasts In
India. and have been rescued at the last
) moment. testify that a numbing calm
ness was experienced after the first
sharp, painful snap of the teeth upon
| them
In fact, the approach of every crea.
{ | lures fate brings with 1t kindly
| preparation when life is blisstul and
i | full of pleasure The last sensation II
!; | this world is then one of joy and not
:; excruciating pain The pleasures O
:; diving may remove great burden from
\ the minds of hundreds who are inevita
bly, approaching death The o@d
q fashioned notion that death would b
, terrible had baneful influence upol
S those that were fighting insidious dis
e eases. and many aggravated their com
Y plants by feverishly dreading the pail
3 of the last struggle In this vNay
l. great deal of harm was done, and man
, sufferers fastened their own end.s
Is Even in the case of poisoning the paii
d suffered Is only when the system com
IS bats against the desire to yield to tn
10 influence of the drug. Sleep general
It steals over the person, and onlT tn
dreamy pleasure caused by the poiso
and of dying are again experienced
this world The greatest pain felt
h that of the stomach pump, which ma
be applied in time to recall the suicid
ie to life. and in every case they rebt
IN against this most emphatically.-Dr.N
et ID A+l-inso,, in Philadelnhia Times.