The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-11
Death Seldom Painful,
AthrOpOlOgist Says;
May Even Be Pleasant

are In no Way terrible and often
with lttlr or no pain. Even I'm
death from the tearing of wild
boasts physical pain W seldom spok
ou off, ihorc appears to be- q drc1ry
condition tt-Wpuld seem that the
dread aud terror ,aue' u great COM
cus1ion uf the nervous gypi"m de-.
pendent upon the sudden attack OF
the beast producing inscnsibility
Loss of Biuod Painless
one ~ the least painful ~ yio-
lent doathR !s that of loss ~ blood.
and here there ~ - struggle. but
the Honsibiiity due To failure Of ,ir-
culntinu, iH almost oNtiuRuiHhcd b"-
fore the Involuntary action ~ the
muscles occur. IN death from loss
of blood there is little or no pain.
FOR the red coipu5clcr carving tho
oxygen flow out ma IN the clio
meut which makes possible tho lIf"
and s'uubiity of the nervous sys-
tenn The oxygen grows loss and
los'. there is f. ringing In the caro-.
dimmiug ot the "ycsiRht, comfort .
able eluFgishncss and finally loss Of
consciousness
IT has been declared that do
cnpitatlon as well AZ division Of tho
spinal marrow by sword or bullet
vs. too instantaneous TO De felt Ca
banis and GullotnJ.
THAT drowning ~ an easy doain
is supported by tho statements OF
many who have boon subm'rs'rd for
"A certain time and then revived, DO
Is Ike falling asleep or becoming
! droWHy, II seems a sort ~ dying
away Of sensation, there appear TO
bo no violent couvIlsions or ncrv-
I t.lt q
! instances of persons who narrowly
escaped drowning and who felt no
| fear until the possibility ~ rescue
/ appcarcdD
death from etrangulation or
| hanging is similar to death from
! drowning, but the cfforta are much
| more severe.
Persons restored to consciousness
! after apparent droHpiug may SUI
/ Ter distress nt moment of immcralon
and before consciousness tails but
4 this soon gives way to drowSy COM
fort remaining until consciousness
! IL completely lost Some say It is
much more painful To- be rosuayiutcd Il
/ than to drown
"TAndhll. once rendered uuCOn-
! 4cioua by an electric shock. be-
/ Icvcd that death by lightning stroke
must be paiulcsa The dcyclopmcnt
OF hsphyNia from charcoal fumes
may be an agreeable sensation; so
with inhalation Of nitrous ovide. ac-
cordinE to Sir Humphrey Davy's cx-
] pcTipnCcs.
Easy Death for the Aged.
"In old age, the organs become
/ flabhy and atTophlcd; all functions
are more inert, easier wearicd, and
| Herewith the inatlnct to live IL
weaker. or fully cXtinguishod. Bul
/ very few die from old age alone. The
| great majority die from disease. In
Snany diseases with acute f"Vcr IN,
POISONOUS action OF the toxins causc'
/ such a heavy depression of tn,
! nervous system that the mind be
comes apathctic, whether the pa
tient dies or not, The old thinl
about the possibility OF death, tn
/ instinct to live can he oXtinguishc,
and dying both physically ana men
tally a, in the great majority %
cases painless. Also atrophy Of al
the tisaucs cause "a general cxhaus
tion and reduces moro ana NOR
the scnsibility OF the brain the pa
tiont becomes sleepy. the wytken"'
heart pumps less blood to the cen
tral nerves, and finally the individ
ual becomes unconscious. Since II
the aged all the functions mcnta
: and nervous are weakened, they ar
slow to die, when asked If they ar
suffering. the old answer, No, hu
} IL will be finished tomorrow who
their members are already cold
asked II they feel cold. viii an
swcr: \'No tomorrow. Some
! times Meath arrives at the time sc
. though they did not expect II y
soon In general observation an
reason agree ag to the easy an
- painless death of the old,
1 "A physician Of, long cNpcricnC
, said an old man patient, apprchor
V sive OF pain At death, that he 'woul
- know nothing about &c. that
. would he just Ak easy as hoinE born
:. Sir James paget, the distiuguisho
a surgeon, believed the act ul dcut
q was "A plcaautcahle sensation, n
y ccntcuariau Funtcnellc, was ask,
4 whcu dSiug, how he felt 'Nothtr
It nt all except that IT ls difficult
live Another % years old VIII,
'- glass Of water WAS given hi
said, Many thanks Ton this soryic
e when YOU become So old as l. 90
4 viii zoe that death 10 Just IA nccc
It sary as sleep
!" indy yidunl Attitudes.
~ The criminal goes to- his deaf
IN frame of mind quite diffcrc
=, from that of the invalid sutf0rir
:, long time, the soldier Is oncou
4, agcd 10y patriotism and sacrific
=, thus a general said white dyiu
support me, . NOT my brave ..
dicrs Sc" me drop, the day is oul
II, oh, keep a.
~'WashIngton Irving said. I mu
4, arrange my pillows for duuth
~ weary night; II this could only
a., the end
=, saint Calais PLAYED the Lutte an
IA sang Latin songs before dying
" great actress while dying GT7
/, composed an critdph and pat ir
IA music.
-, Jefferson Dtyia when tlkil
4 medicine. said please excuse m
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