The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1895-09-28
THE NATURE OF DEATH.
The Life That Endurss ls Inss Only In q
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Oh the a.ric mor'is' the 'hree gates'
oy the iaiiure OF the heart' OF the
lungs or the orain' M mechanism r
broken down ana stops suddenly ana
v'sioly. Even In old age. when there
mas oeen '.ow Regeneration o, al inc
organs, tne maj arrest OF their rune.
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sot,,;.v ,,h,i. ~ m,.ol.. .asnonyS.
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oontnrt;nns M ID =, msn -
hiohlv -inteorataa strncturs. each or
can has = commun,on 40 intimate with
everv h thai failure Of anv mart IL
raaect.a unon the whole. and the
braak.down Of heart or ,uno. or
brain brings slow bur irremsdiabie dis
.ster upon the whole bodv. In this
we have To ~d,.tinouish two thino..
What we call death-the suddep .rrest
that ia an accident of the COMPLEX har.
mon of the body. as when q steamship
II touped IN mid-ocean bv the rupture
of a valve-and the actual death Of b
living urotoplasm of the cslls and
tissues.
Tn m. d.s..na;no .ce,. ~ animal
uts tn ..i.t,cns hstvssn n. oroa n.
A.. lsss md I.,. ;ntim. and mi.is.d.
inc -suddenness of the arrest of their
machinery fades away. The heart Of
turtle. from which the brain ba.
b.sn renewed. will oontinue to beat
for davs-
vorm Or .t.r-asb m.v h. emf IN
r,so.. .nd a.ch r,scc rsw.in. .live
~sometim.. .s.r +
vhols Who .h.,, name The no,nt "a
d..th Of an ov.tar. or Of 49,
.n.monap No .tonn.o. oS . .,nol.
ORGAN ~ n.c. A de.th and I'm.
.nicnou. cbsnge In the whoia vvhsn
protoplssmio death of q part occurs,
either the part IL siouQhed away and
replaced. or the ripules of destructive
chauge spread slowly from cell to cell,
each unsneeted part remainine active
to the last. In the simplest animals of
ell, organisms that eonsist Of . single
cell, death nay be sssu ct it, lowest
termA There u NO composite multi
cellular body, NO bodily mechanism to
break down, no possibility Of the fail
prs Of one oct Of cells gradually creep
ing upon others. Haah aPesnisN u
alive or dead Is its protoplasa u slivs
or dead.
Here, In their simplest forms, are
life and death; and here, asking II
death be inherent In living matter, We
6nd surprising answer. Violence Of
heat and cold, mechanical forces and
the assaults OF chemical ~sffinitea may
destroy these single PARTICLES OF life;
but II not overthrown by rude acci-
dent, and II provided with food and
drink, their potaplssh lives forever,
Each particle feeds until, o~utgrowtng
. convenient size, It clesves asundsE
and the a lie becomes two hveA
30 Tar a. reason aud observation can
inform uA the living Particles In the
ponds and ssss Of to-day have de-
scended in . direct continuity OF liv.
ing material from the first dawn Of
life, No other solution Il opsu, save
| the possibility Of spontaneous gen.
Grafton OF living matter 20 continual
and 90 common that II could not have
| eluded the sesrch of scieuce. This II
that immortality of the ~protozoa"
! hinted At bv Lancaster In England.
blazoned into fame bv Weismaun.
Wh.th.r or not th. -nroton,..m nj IN.
t,..u.. "a hicher o~rosnisms - not"n.
ti.Ilv Immortal can ~ onlv : matter
OF Inference. The reproductiye calls.
indeed form n LIVING ch.in. binding
~. .nim.l. and Slant. of TIE nra..nt
-s,h a. .n,m.i. .na ns.nts =, n.
mose.t na.t. This rsnroductive pro,
.onla.m 4. immoral In nreois.lv ~
-. ..r.. -. IN. n~-otonl..m 81 .Sr.l.
o.li. .. immort.I ma thar. sa.m. M
....o, - h.l,.va ,,,th V.I.rr.nn th.t
\ n--otorI..rr ~ ths ti..r.. h..
aconired m~ortalitv. and i. Of 4 diAer.
ant Lind. r. diss' but only because Il
4. n.rt of 4 compler .tructura-
The m.chinsrv Of IN. bodv 4. M.
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hsra a. go n. .dr.n..n~osNs-..
that T. .houIa hrs.L do~n vh.n r.r-o.
duction has besn a-ccomnli.h.d M
it, bre.l.down ~r..nits in IN. min q,
a.. comnonsnt na-t. Tb.r. q M
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