[5] Sir Henry Halford, Essays and Orations read and delivered at the Royal College of Physicians. Third edition, 12mo, London, 1842. p. 84. [6] “Magnus ille veræ philosophiæ instaurator Verulamus, queritur studium Euthanasiæ medicis haud satis cultum fuisse. Medici profecto munus est ægrotis sanitatem reddere; cum tamen ex lege naturæ erit tandem unicuique mortalium ægrotatio nulla arte medicabilis, benevolæ hujus artis professoribus conveniret, mortem inevitabilem, quantum fieri potest, terrore omni spoliare; et ubi non datum est prædam morti extorquere, sed vita necessario amittenda est, operam saltem dare, ut cum minima crudelitatis specie amittatur.” (Heberdeni Gulielmi, Commentaria de Morborum Historia et Curatione. Cap _De Ileo_.) [7] Essays and Orations, _ut supra passim_. [8] John Ferriar, M.D., Medical Histories and Reflections. 8vo, London, 1798. Vol. iii. p. 196. [9] John Ferriar, M.D., On the Treatment of the Dying, _ut supra_, p. 191. [10] The Works of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie. Arranged by Charles Hawkins. 3 Vols., 8vo, London, 1865. Vol. i. p. 184. [11] On Life and Death. 8vo. London, 1863, p. 175. [12] “Ipsæ animæ discessus a corpore fit, sine dolore, et fit plerumque sine sensu, _nonnunquam etiam cum voluptate_.” (Vopisci Fortunati Plempii. de Togatorum Valetudine tuenda Commentatio. 4to. Bruxellis, 1670. p. 26.) [13] Autobiographical Memoir of Sir John Barrow, Bart. 8vo, London, 1847, p. 398. [14] “A sailor who had been snatched from the waves, after lying for some time insensible on the deck of the vessel, proclaimed on his recovery that he had been in Heaven, and complained bitterly of his being restored to life as a great hardship. The man had been regarded as a worthless fellow; but from the time of the accident having occurred, his moral character was altered, and he became one of the best conducted sailors in the ship.” (The Works of Sir Benjamin Brodie, vol. i. p. 184.)