Feliciana sentinel., 1892-07-02
PLEASURE IN OY'ho.
wb.t . Physician says About e"s
urosch of Death.

what . Physician says About e"'
proach Of Death ! .
,Lro,v that a human beings death a
-as formerly considered a great stfug
ole: and vivid, almost shocking, .e
.criptions of the phenomena OF oyihs \
we're oiven In such exaggerated 1or"hs
.t,.t none cared to think of the supreme
| n,oment death should come TO tne"-
| Euthanasia, or the pleasure OF oyihe' :
takes the very opposite view anu p
claims heath to be easy and aln'os'
| ,ainle,s. As the end of life apProacnes'
r.ture often brings her peculiar anass
I thetic. and the person passes on WIN
| r,.,t suhferinp half the agony that tne
.ickness causing the death D.ous
the natient. Even men meeting q vo
lent death In the jaws OF "1io oeae@
| have a few seconds of calm prepaiaon
| before dying, which brings feAieA "A~
certain degree of pleasure.
The crest trouble in death is the SICK
mesa and pain that carry one to the oopl
: ~ death. and it is at such moments 'nAs
~. suHcrs all the torment and agony
~ a dozen deaths. The pleasures OF
, dv;no can be likened only to those Oh
the dreamy morphine eater VINO eiau
e altv passes off into a seml-conssiou'
| state where everything seems nke n nd
& i+o visions Of bliss. The oody an"
l. e,vas .ra numb and the excited, over
: wroupht brain becomes quiet anc une
n tied The imagination plays iancr
p F,llv with blissful pictures ana 1lo
r: whole condition of the nervous sys'eD'
% IA of pleasurable exaltatlon. .,,.
The drowning man experiences ~ ~
10 same relief and pleasure when W
~ struggles are over and the coiu .n
k' grow stiff and numb. PERSONS "a
IN blindinp snowstorms have rePor0eu
p. tTe;r sensations accurately, and tney
er al, . oree that after certain amour. o.
se suffering, which everyone teeis ,I1;.s
'r- IL extreme cold they enter into oiise
,frl state. from which they do not "isl
no to be reused. a
he Mornhine, cocaine, ether and landa
DIV mum bring to the patient tnis sn' a
M mental and nervous conditfon' anu -, -, er
tients resent any attempt 70 lou s,,-
from their dreamy state. NatuIe sul =
rn- n,;es her own anaesthetic before tne 1n
ort: portant moment has arrived. beior
y the death rattle is heard the cony"As.
red frame relaxes, the signs OF pain ana e'
res ferinp on the frame disappear, 81, an
he often a smile partly opens the nps' i
1ly. whole body shows signs OF Palnle'
he moment, and if the mind wanoers q.
7 to the tongue utters words, they are ah
aeo pleasure and Joy
N. - death beds have noted that dea
was easy, and officers in battle ma
testified that the last moments OF oyn
soldiers we're painless. People IN
have been in the jaws of wild beasts
India. and have been rescued at the !.
moment, testify that a numolng cal
ne.. was experienced after the n
.harr>. painful snap of the teeth uE
them. 49,
In fact the approach OF every CT
ture's fate brings with it a kin
nranaration when life is bllssful a
s,li of pleasure The last sensation
this world is then one OF JOY ana
.xcruciatin2 pain. The pleasures
diving NAV remove a great burden II
the minds of hundreds who are lnev
hlv approaching death. The
fashioned notion that death would
terrible had a baneful influence u
those that were fighting insidlous
eases. and many aggravated their c
plaints by feverishly dreading the
of the last struggle. In this WI
great deal of harm was done, and m
sufferers hastcned their own end.
Even in the case of poisoning the
.,ffered is only when the system I
hats against the desire to yield to
nackie influence of the drug. Sleep gene'
steals over the person, and only
dr.,mv Measure caused by the pr
and Of diving are again experienc
thi. world. The greatest pain Il
that of the stomach pump, which
no annlied in time to recall the su
IN life. and in every case they
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