52 ON DEATH. 



On the Influence of Death, of the Brain on the organs 

 generally. 



Q. How does the death of the brain affect that of all 

 the organs? 



t#. The organs of animal life die directly, because of 

 their immediate dependence on the brain. 



Q. But is not the influence on organic life equally direct? 



#. Evidently not; the phenomena of disease, and ex- 

 periment, prove it. These experiments show that the brain 

 exercises only indirect influence on organic life. The death 

 of the brain destroying the mechanical function of the 

 lungs, the chemical functions also cease, causing thereby 

 the penetration of organic parts with black blood; this 

 overwhelms them, and they die. 



On the Influence of Death of the Brain on general 

 Death. 



Q. State distinctly the successive phenomena produced 

 on the body in general by death of the brain. 



#. There is death of the brain, of animal life; cessation 

 of the mechanical functions of the lungs; cessation of 

 the chemical functions of the lungs; black blood in the 

 arteries; death of the heart; death of organic life; cessa- 

 tion of the capillary circulation; destruction of animal heat, 

 as well as that of the life of the white organs. 



