[lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
- From: Carol Kirschenbaum <carolkir@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:43:43 -0700
It refers to physical death of the human organism. Quite mechanistic, the book
describes the "how" of the human death process. The organism needs certain
mechanisms to occur, in certain functional organs, for its ongoing survival.
When some vital mechanisms are damaged or destroyed, the organism struggles,
putting extra stress on other organs and systems, etc. The book gives a glimpse
into medical thinking. It's not meant to be uplifting, imo, but it's important.
Carol K.
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From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 5:31 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
<<outlines the four basic
ways a person dies.>>
Can you expand on this a bit? "ways" is a nebulous term in this context --
physiological ways? psychological? ???
Julie Krueger
whose Mom is in the near-end-stages of cancer
========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Superman Returns
Date: 7/3/06 8:45:04 A.M. Central Daylight Time
From: pas@xxxxxxxx
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At 04:21 AM 7/3/2006, you wrote:
>It seems to me Alzheimer's can be a cause of death; admittedly
>the proximate cause would be starvation (some prefer to call it
>dehydration) and admittedly also once someone is that weak, an
>infection that would not normally be fatal, is. Still, I'd be
>inclined to say Alzheimer's was a cause.
Sherwin B. Nuland's wonderful "how we die" outlines the four basic
ways a person dies. That's it. Sounds morbid, but it's a very good book.
p
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