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The Easiest Way To Drown

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Parent Issue
Day
26
Month
April
Year
1878
Copyright
Public Domain
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If death by drowning bo inevitable, as in shipwreck, tho easiest way to die would be to suck water into the lungs by a powerful inspiration, as soon as one went benoath the siirface. A person who had the courage to do this wonld probably becorae alniost immediatoly unconsc.ious, and nevor rise to the surfacc. As soon as the fluid filled his lungs all chilliness and pain â– would cease, the indoacribablc Kemi-deliritim that accompanies anrosthesia would come on, with ringing in the ears and delightful visions of color and light, while he would seem to himself to be gently sinking to rest on the softest of beds and with the most delightful

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus