[16] J. A. Symonds, M.D., Art. Death, in the Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, 4 vols., royal 8vo, Lond. Vol. i. p. 800. [17] Halford, p. 18. [18] Halford, p. 14. [19] Savory, _ut supra_, p. 178. [20] p. 74. [21] On Life and Death, 8vo, London, 1863, p. 177. [22] Brodie _ut supra_, p. 185. [23] “I think there is reason for affirming that the risk of evil from this cause is rated generally above the truth. In cases of imminent danger, the mind is not always, or even commonly, to be interpreted by the rule of health. Mental emotions are often altered in kind, or greatly abated in degree. Death itself is beheld under different views--a fact familiar to all who have watched over these scenes, and regarded the patient apart from those who are grieving around his death-bed. Suspicion of a painful truth often disturbs much more than the truth plainly stated.” (Sir Henry Holland’s Medical Notes and Reflections. Third edition, 8vo. Lond. 1853, p. 362). [24] Halford, p. 76. [25] Halford, p. 75. [26] Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, art. Death, vol. i. p. 799. [27] Symonds _ut supra_, p. 799. [28] Lord Campbell, Lives of the Chief Justices of England, vol. i. [29] On the Καῦσος of Aretæus, p. 96. [30] Halford, On the Cautious Estimation of Symptoms, p. 17. [31] Halford _ut supra_, p. 19. [32] On the Καῦσος of Aretæus, p. 91. [33] A. P. Wilson Philip, On Sleep and Death, 8vo, London, 1834, p. 165. [34] Cyclopædia of Anatomy and Physiology, vol. i. p. 799. [35] Dr. Symonds continues, “The previous habits and conduct of the individual have sometimes been such as to incline spectators to inquire, whether in the mode of his departure from existence, he might not already be receiving retribution, just as, in other cases, celestial dreams and colloquies have seemed fitting rewards for blameless lives and religious meditation.” [36] Cyclopædia of Practical Medicine, art. Disease, vol. i. p. 629. [37] Brodie, _ut supra_, vol. i. p. 281. [38] Brodie _ut supra_, p. 182. [39] Brodie, p. 182. [40] The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression. Fourth Edition, 1847, p. 185. [41] Symonds, _ut supra_, p. 803. II. THE SYMPTOMS AND MODES OF DYING.