Essays on hypochondriacal and other nervous affections / by John Reid.

  • Reid, John, 1776-1822.
Date:
May 20, 1817
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Credit: Essays on hypochondriacal and other nervous affections / by John Reid. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The inordinate fear of death, so far as the disease is purely mental, may be in a great measure counteracted by a juster estimate of the value of life, a state in which much is to be endured, and little, comparatively, to be enjoyed. This correct judgment, when as- sociated with the gay conscience of a life that has been spent, upon the whole, honour- ably and usefully, so far as it has advanced, will enable a man, at any stage of its progress, to look forward as well as backward, with no exulting or triumphant, but with an humble and quiet satisfaction. The Christian is still more highly privileged. His eye, happily invigorated by faith, is able to penetrate the thick mist which hangs over the tomb, and which, from our unassisted sight, intercepts any further prospect. The light of Divine Revelation is, after all, the only light which can effectually disperse the gloom of a sick chamber, and irradiate even the countenance of death.