Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
The PLEASURE OF DYING.
what Physician says About the Ap.
proach of Dissolution.

what a Physician says About the Ap-
proach of Dissolution.
! know that human beings death
was formerly considered great strus-
gle, writes DR.. Atkinson in the Phila-
delphia Times, and vivid. almost
shocking descriptions of the pheuOm-
eua of dying We're given in such eN-
aggeratcd 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 proclaimS death to
be easy and almost painless As the
end of life approaches nature often
brings her peculiar anUSthctic, and the
person passes oil without suffering
half the agony that the sickness caus-
ing the death brought to the patient
Even men meeting violent death in
jaws of wild beasts have q few seconds
OF calm preparation before diving,
which brings relief and a certain de-
gree of pleasure
The great trouble in death is the
sickness and pain that carry one TO the
door of death, and it is at such mo-
meuts that one suffers all the torment
and agony of dozen deaths. The
pleasure OF dying can Ice likeued only
to those of the dreamy morphine cater,
who gradually passes of into a scmi-
conscious state, where everything
seems like floating visions OF bliss,
The body and nerves are numb, aud
the excited, oyerwr0ught brain be-
comes quiet and uueNcitcd. The im-
aginatiuu plays faucifully with blisstul
pictures and the whole condition Of
the nervous system is of pleasurablo
eNaltation. The drowning man ex-
periences the same relied and pleasure
when the struggles are over aud the
cold limbs grow stiff aud numb Per-
sons frozen in binding Suuwstorms
have reported their sensations accu-
rately, and they all agree that after a
certain amount Of suffering, which
everyone feels ut first in extreme cold,
they enter into a hlssful state. from
which they DO not wish TO be reused.
Morphine, cocaine, ether and laud-
auum bring TO the patient this same
mental and nervous condition, and pa
TENTS resent any attempt TO rouse
them from their dreamy state Nature
supplies her own aua'Sthctic before the
important moment has arrived Be
fore the death rattle is heard the con-
yulscd frame relaNes, the signs Of pain
and suffering ON the frame disappear,
and often smile partly opens the
lips The whole body shows signs Of
a painless moment and if the mind
wanders and the tongue utters words
they are all of pleasure and jew. Those
that have watched at hundreds Of
dcathbeds have noted that death was
easy, and officers i'm battle have testi-
fed 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 numbling
calmness was experienced after the
first sharp, painful snap of the teeth
upon them.
In fact, the approach of every Great
ure's fate brings with il n kindly pre-
paration when life is blissful and full
of pleasure. The last sensation in this
world is then one of JOY and not ex-
crutiating pain. The pleasures Of dy-
ing may remove a great burden from
the minds of hundreds who are incy-
itably approaching death Tho old
fashioned notion that death would be
terrible had a baucful influence upon
those that we're lighting insidious dis
eases, and many aggravated their
complaints by feyerishly drcadiug the
pain Of the last struggle. In this way
a great deal of harm was done and
many sufferers FASTENED their own
end Even i'm the case of poisoning
the pain suffered is only when the sys-
tenn combats against the desire to yield
to the Influence Of the drug Sleep
generally steals over the person, and
only the dreamy pleasure caused 10y
the poison and OF dying are again ex-
perienced in this world The greatest
pain felt is that of the stomach pump,
which may be employed in time to re-
recall the suicide to life, and in every
case he rebels against this most en-
phatlUuIiy