 ... describe, who see all the operation but feel not the knife. This singular condition was not the result of any mental process. The shake annihilated fear, and allowed no sense of horror in looking round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably...  The Medical World - Page 1671888Full view - About this book
 | Richard Pellegrino, Michael Politis - Self-Help - 1998 - 292 pages
...that was happening... This peculiar state is probably produced by all animals killed by the carnrvora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent creator for lessening the pain of death."(David Livingston, Scottish traveler and explorer.) Use Your Head All scientific advances can... | |
 | H. Peter Steeves - Philosophy - 1999 - 314 pages
...paralysis to be a state "probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora . . . [and thus] a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death," as Dr. Livingstone presumes, does not solve the problem. 16 A peaceful death is an evolutionary disadvantage,... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - Religion - 2000 - 386 pages
...looking round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent creator for lessening the pain of death.6 Given our present understanding of endogenous pain-killing systems, Livingstone's conclusion... | |
 | Avram Goldstein - Medical - 2001 - 372 pages
...was happening. . . . This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent creator for lessening the pain of death. Lawrence Durrell in his Alexandria Quartet describes something similar; but it is not clear whether... | |
 | Raphael N. Melmed - Medical - 2001 - 436 pages
...not the knife . . . This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivores; and, if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent creator for lessening the pain of death.1 REFERENCES Ahlstrom H, Westling H (1971). Prolonged measurement of '-"xenon disappearance from... | |
 | David Baron - Nature - 2004 - 296 pages
...round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death. Automobile crash survivors, disaster victims, and soldiers in battle often describe similar sensations.... | |
 | Keith B. Miller - Religion - 2003 - 550 pages
...feeling of terror. . . . This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by carnivora; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death."24 Perhaps animals are always experiencing a similar, somewhat stuporous, level of conscinusness,... | |
 | Douglas Templeton - Religion - 2004 - 394 pages
...round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivora, and, if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death (Livingstone 1858: 21 [with thanks to AC Ross]). There are occasions when one desiderates that the... | |
 | Patricia Romano McGraw - Family & Relationships - 2004 - 292 pages
...round at the beast. This peculiar state is probably produced in all animals killed by the carnivore; and if so, is a merciful provision by our benevolent creator for lessening the pain of death."5 Dr. Levine labels the experience Livingstone describes as "dissociation." He writes, "Dissociation... | |
 | Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis - Medical - 2004 - 262 pages
...this stage may still have survival value (Fanselow & Lester, 1988), but at the same time it may be "a merciful provision by our benevolent Creator for lessening the pain of death" (Livingstone, 1872, p. 15, cited in Greyson, 1993). More recently, the many apparent behavioral and... | |
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