The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-06-19
life ENDS
WITHOUT PAIN
Opinion of English Scien-
lists Who Discuss Question.
Men Who Have Been Pronounced
Dead Tell Of their Ex-
periences.

London.-Do the dying suffer pain
Tlis strange discussion has been car
ried on for some weeks in the columns
of the Times. A number of eminent
physicians have given their viws and
experiences. The concensus of opinion
IS that the lying, as a rule, suffer no
pain, however agonizing their breathing
or cries or movements may seem TO
the loving and weeping ones that sur
round them in the final moments.
Prof. J. C. Wilson raises the point
that when pain is Of no use or sayin
service, as in inevitable death, there
is no pain. - e,,e s...
I'VE have looked upon pain and Buf-
ferin.,' says DR.. H. Cameron Gillies,
''as the greatest evil to which human
ity, and irheed, all the living creation
is exposed, and we have esteemed 1T a
great mystery about pain. 1t is the
universal language of mankind and of
all living beings all the tIme-and in
dedd our great teacher. Without pain
the human race would make no prog
ress and we should have no evolution
in nature. ~
THE people Of my native Highland
have an old time proverb, there lis al
ways peace before death. and 10 this
day they do not like an illness not al
ended with pain. They look upon it
as dangerously omincus. but the mo-
ment the sufferer begins 10 complain
they regard the case and condition rs
distinctly hopeful. My long experience
is that this Is true all the way. ihey
have another gem. Where there is
pain there IS life'-and hope.
C. Rivers Wilson says that when DR.
William Hunter, the celebrated anat-
ON! st, came to die on March 80. 11S3
IF 1 had strength enough to hold q
pen would write how easy and pleas
and a thing it is to die"
A prominent Englishman, writing
under the name of "A Triveler."
says: Some years ago, while in In
dia, | was suddenly seized with Asiatc
cholera. In addition to the terrible
pain. suffered agonies of thirst.
happened to be where ice was pro-
durable. For some time my mind was
filled with thoughts of wounded SOL
ders lying parched ut night on the
battlefield. Then ab the agonizin~
pain produced exhaustion. l swiftly
understood that was probably about
to die. The thought seemed TO
bring great calmncss and even to
ease the pain. | silently prayed for
death and hoped it would come soon.
never once thought Of my mother or
my home, or my friends. or any OF
the things which people are supposed
to think of upon their death bed.
As l lapsed into ha@-consciousness
/ felt as though was entering a
vague and happy peAce where all was
dark but not in fhs least terrifying.
IN. H. p" tells thus Of his expert
ence when at the point Of death from
typhoid fever an a Mexican mining
camp: One of my camp trends had
the peculiar power of bringing me
E.tsk to CONSEQUENCES by stroklng
my brow-peculiar, because he was,
not an intimate friend by any means
and when the doctor gave his YER
dict It was decided qhot he slpou u
exercise this influence and then tell
me how Was situasd and take any
messages l had for my dearly loved
ones at home. HID did this. and my
friends concurred afterwahd in saying
that | received the animation In the
most unconcernsd manner. simply re-
plying, That's all right.
And to his request for messages !
replied. quite calmly. Give all 1T
home my love and say lam sorry.
but all in = non-interestod way.
can myself remember the incident very
vaguely, but do remember hhut
throughout l felt dhat he and J were
speaking of . third person-myself
in whom took only . languid in
terest. OF pain, fear or anxiety !
Was entirely free. yet my frlends sell
mo that in my dslirium 1 screamed
and fought ~ tho suffering agony.
a Sepknagenarisn' says: Al
chrbtmAy 1896, Was lying in 2