Death Its Causes and Phenomena, With Special Reference to Immortality

Excerpt from Death: Its Causes and Phenomena, With Special Reference to Immortality The subject which we have discussed at length in this volume - Death - is generally looked upon as something to be "tabooed" by polite society; something unpleasant, which may some day come upon us, but which we desire to think about as little as possible in the interval. There is no logical ground for this position, however, and, scientifically speaking, death may be made as fascinating a study as any other. Divested of the superstition and glamour which usually surround it, death assumes the appearance of a most interesting scientific problem, both from its physiological and from its psychological side. But there is another side to this question which must by no means be overlooked. We refer to the possibility of postponing death, on the one hand, and of rendering it more painless, on the other. Both of these results can only be effected by a thorough understanding of the process involved: and this, in turn, can only be obtained by a close, scientific study of the problem - one that includes all its aspects, and treats of them impartially. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.