One thousand medical maxims and surgical hints / by Nathaniel Edward Yorke-Davies.
- N. E. Yorke Davis
- Date:
- 1883
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: One thousand medical maxims and surgical hints / by Nathaniel Edward Yorke-Davies. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![5I7-] simply irregular action of the muscles, which the dying do not feel. 507. The faculties become so paralyzed before death, from old age, that the dying lose all fear of its approach. 508. Those who have recovered from apparent death by drowning, describe the sensations as pleasurable. 509. ‘ The ruling passion strong in death,’ is more than a figure of speech; the mind, as it fades, seems to recall the more important actions of the past life. 510. The last words of the celebrated Lord Chesterfield were, ‘Show the gentleman a chair,’ (polite to the last). 511. The final words of Napoleon I. were, 1 The head of the armyand Lord Byron muttered as he sank to his rest, ‘ Let me sleep.’ 512. The actions of the hands in the dying often show that the mind is engaged in the daily occupa- tion ; the dying tailor will sew, and the tale is told of an auctioneer striking with his hammer, and dying with the words ‘ Going, going, gone’ on his lips. 513. The diseases of old age are generally dropsy, diseases of the heart, the lungs, the kidneys, urinary organs, or paralysis. 514. Insatiable thirst, loss of flesh and strength, O 1 and a frequent desire to micturate are early symp- toms of ‘ diabetes.’ 515. In diabetes the urine contains a large quantity of sugar, and the disease is always fatal. 516. Diabetic patients often suffer from cataract. 517. Bran-bread and plenty of milk are good remedies in diabetes.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24874577_0071.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
