Does Death Sting.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 16, 17 December 1884, Page 4

Does Death Sting.

-^ t / ' ' . ~~7 "* '•■ ■ ' ! ! Qnc is remarkably exempt from the crime of basty induction if he affirms that there is no sane or h^aftii'y mbftalVh6 : "anticipate^ ' ; KTs ,extmction with any degr.ee, of pfeas'u^v' IThe:1 The : jttnetron or (Jying isaW sqlutely vegetative — we fall to pieces .-iikc aC-Wb&er. ' This very fk&J that' _ the process is chemical, .c.opHrms us m "tnfe 5 concVusipn 'that' the ! final " throe v is as' painless as the' inconr. venienefiisnotliing to ! the foetal pilg^ini whbn h6 touches Am da^lighj. \ A moment's examittatlon of tl\« w,ay ■'^c are [to die ; slioW mai|fs "of' good-ness {in' • Our '^taking! off. I ', Ther'degreb'of^dflsibility is pjropoff«iioriedr; tb the intregity of the tissues. An inflamafcioh^lftightens it|; depreciates ftp A'fly defect injnutfrtion dfefu'rbg t% > GD'mfort of tjie in'dtvidttaT until- i 'the r . '"carbonic acid generated^ ' iri , '■ 'the J deV^talisatjoA ' : of the blood becomes >fix:M m thfc-Mlf. or is no longer disptadeC Tliesensory gangl'a everywhere ce«ses io •^onfltiil^eurrehts; ''^During tlie proigi^s ! this dissolution of nerve t m'Ce'^i^ cteep'in^ 6^ of this aumbli: ness!/tif 'deafh, the i,n(|iyid aai , , . rapidly passihg"' : m£o a of repose, and instead of ■ torture or r Pangs, a degree of self-s^tisSPacdon jo^t app\7tifcc]iil|g to'^>j^^'usja|m'.i|| realized. The sensations pfeculiar to ,t^he, .operation , opj 11m. haschish , 'ethe^ J e£c?, ate jabt Impr'op^bly akin J tp>|&ie''jneata^ the I,f tupor| as it. ,gams c ';the y - stabject, the moribujiicl^s # 'ra ; cmlj^ .yjjth paught that bocders on suffering. Ihfiborl utfie, notion o| o pain, 151^ forjbidden- th4i instant i.haljpy. jails to : excite a response. r Fortunately, for a wholesdmieM Itudy^i ot^one^^deniise^ith^re are ' ffiiura'nces'aDundant; froni |vivisec,yon the ;; testimony of tho^e'who iha^ve-bden restored to/conscioushess, and the affirmations of the J dyih^' «that, there, is no physical recoil from death. Burnev tried hard %b resist the effects: made to resuscitate Him' from drowning, so bewitched was he • rfytli ? s prolonged- slukibeir Dr S$- s lanjicirj the traveller, was so lelightied with the , sensations of , ; e: ncessive '' coli^, that lie, '; w.'as '' t he , rl v i*sti to Jie ; dpwn'.iiij the realise ih.e luxi' ,ury,ofsuqh,.adeath. ,W ra ;- |H« nter , :i was sorry, he was notable to ; " writ^ how easy and delightful 'it I was to die. 1 ' Infants die as serenlyjas thfey^. biteathei.andnota. ■fe\r\iam^ng the, advanced m ly&xs treat 4eat^ " ,as a friend -to their infitmiti^Si. -i* Ranging 'is naturally rated a mosf /distressing ' procedure. But it is - vepprfed' of - 'those who have been 'Siiv^d from • s'tratigulatidn,' that '"the '• ag'any y prom- . ised to be, ,ahd 4 ; wais) r'apidlyreplaced by. haliucjhafions off a faciriaiing ' ; yarlety. . r ' J ' j v^JOne. ) wouldfa.in;felieve.. ihat the'] k'fricr&od^iiq.^ ff el no sieh.ia.cpmihff-woul.d' take! norsde-c light m turning,, ; qur fajr^dll into iWi'Uhirigrfnay^ He,dpe§ not! quit us" at. ;the!t.lasti' Me'i^Qm 'greatest benefactor dn 'allowing .us, jto sleep ; oUt of w£girrafts§,;;. 1: 3E)/?a$h isJassured'ly,db tax collector:;, its /"<jaws" are not thei clutches iof . an a^s^pant^; thcr6 is ri'6 ; " victory 'to the^ grave -" 4>fae •gho'sS' Speeds awayTlfroni us asjit entered, with no ruffle. Tlpe; !sense ; of d,eatli, as., Shakespeare Ijas^ it, is WoW m apprehension; 1^ -ia the 1 ' 'iear ofj the.' lonely' riiglifc, | not the/ ' throes jof nature, tlEia^' : imakes 'the ,|e ; aviag, t pain'ful. ..'„. '",','.,'•' j lil!: • :>