Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-08-12
1T is PLEASANT TO DIE.
WHAT a PHYSICIAN SAYS OF
THE CLOSE OF LIFE.
All the Pain aud Agony Come Before the
Last Act - Officers Testify That
tho Lat Moments OF Soil
dieri Arc Easy.

/ know that human beings death
was formerly considered great
struggle; and vivid. almost shocking.
descriptions OF the phenomena OF dy-
ing were given in such exaggerated
forms that none cared TO think Of the
supreme moment death should come
to them EuthanGsia or the pleasure
of dying takes the very opposite view
and proclaims death 10 be easy and
almost painless. writes DR.. w. Is. At
kinson in the Chicago News. AS the
end OF life approaches nature ten
brings her peculiar an.esthetic, and
the person passes off without suf-
feriug half the agony that the sick
ness causing the death brought to the
patient. Even men meeting u violent
death in the Jaws Of wild beasts have
a few seconds Of calm preparation be-
fore dying. which brings relief and
certain degree OF pleasure.
The great trouble in death is the
sickness and pain that carry US TO tho
door OF death and it Is at such mo-
ments that one 81 ers all the torment
and agony OF Il do en- dee lhs. The
pleasures of dying can belikened only
TO those OF the dreamy Dorphine eat
er who gradually passes of into a
semi-consciOus state wher> everything
seems like floating visions OF bliss.
The body and nerves are numb and
the excited, overweight brain be-
comes quiet and unexsited. The
imagination plays lanc.fully with
blissful pictures. and the whole cohdi-
tion of the nervous system Is Of pleas
urable eXaitatioa.
The drowning man experiences the
same relief and pleasure when the
struggles are over and the cold limbs
grow stii and numb Persons frozen
in blind jng snow storms have reported
their sensations accurately and they
ali agree that after certain amount
OF suffering which every one feels at
first in eytromo cold. they enter into
a blissful state from which they do
not wish to be aroused.
Morphine cocaine, ether and laud-,
anum bring to the patient this same
mental and nervous condition. and
patients resent any attempt to rouse
them from their dreamy state. Nature
supplies her own an sthetic before
the important moment has arrived.
Before the death ~attle is heard the
convulsed frame relaSes. the signs OF
pain and suffering on the frame dis
appear. 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 words of
pleasure and Joy.
Those that have watched at hun
dreds OF death beds have noted that
death was easy and officers in battle
have testified that the last moments
OF dying soldiers were painless Peo-
pie that have been In the Jaws OF
wild beasts in India and have been
rescued at tho last moment testify
that a numbing calmness was expert
enced after the first sharp painful
snap OF the teeth upon them.
In fact the approach of every
creatures fate brings with it kindly
preparation when life is blissful and
full of pleasure. The Ia I sensation
in this world is then one OF Joy and
not excruciating pain. The pleasures
OF dying may remove great burden
from the minds of hundreds who are
inevitably approaching death The
notion that death would
be terrible had a baneful influence
upon tho that were lighting insidious
diseases. and many aggravated their
complaints b. ieverishly dreading the
pain OF the la I struggle. In this
way a great deal OF harm was done
and many sufferers hustened their
own end.
Even in the case OF poisoning the
pain suffered is only when the system
combats against the desire 10 yield
to the influence OF the drug Sleep
generally steals over the person and
only the dreamy pleasure caused by
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 applied in time to re.
cali the suicide 10 life aud in every
case they rebel against this most
Answered wholesale.