Word: paines
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...essential to a man's success in life and the noblest benefactor of the human race is he who gives the brightest visions. The human reason left to itself can make but little headway while combined with the imagination, it leads to the greatest result. What takes away the pain of the ghastly, gaping tomb, of the faces of distressed friends, of the dissolution of man's physical nature? The vision that shows death to be but the birth of a new life. Foremost among the bright vision-givers is Jesus Christ, who has given us the sight...
...heat, by rapid heating. Alcohol thus makes a man feel warm, but in reality, cools him. There is no stimulating effect on the nerves by alcohol, as is supposed, but the influence is anaesthetic; indeed this is its charm and attraction. All the senses and organs are dulled, and pain vanishes. But the action of the brain also is impaired by it, so that no good work can be accomplished after taking alcohol. Its effect on sick people is often beneficial; and affords a stimulating tone to the nerves of the mouth and stomach. This, however, can as well...
...poison is opium. In all cases when opium is taken, the physician, on his arrival, should be told of the amount. Many mistakes are often made from this neglect. A strong narcotic will reduce the respiration to as low as six a minute, and still the patient may live. Pain, inflicted without flinching, is the only way to awaken a person from under the influence of opium. Whipping, clubbing, striking, any kind of abuse must be resorted to, or consciousness cannot be restored...
...head. This man recovered. Experiments on animals show that cutting out certain parts of the brain will produce paralysis of certain parts of the body. Disease, strong emotions, fear, grief, will also produce paralysis. The wonderful and inexplicable action of the will is thus stopped. The mind often produces pain or disease by simply concentrating attention on certain parts of the body. A criminal once died from imagining that he was bleeding to death. Brain diseases are the cause of great mortality, especially among children. In all exposure a man should keep up courage, and not let his imagination overcome...
...strange, however, if in future C's contributors are passed with suspicion. D. sings his little "Willow song," mounts his little pedestal, poses for a moment, and passes away. Such are our poets. They sing to us and we listen in pleased surprise, or transient pain...