...without good cause that both the medical profession and the laity would stand aghast at the thought that it should be " the recognized duty of the medical...attendant, whenever so desired by the patient, ... to put the sufferer to a quick and painless death," so great would be the danger that such a practice...

...Club (Williams and Norgate, 1870,) called " Euthanasia," the following proposition is enforced : — " That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness, it should be the recognised duty of the medical attendant, whenever so desired by the patient, to administer chloroform...

...Club (Williams and Norgate, 1870,) called " Euthanasia," the following proposition is enforced:—" That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness, it should be the recognised duty of the medical attendant, whenever so desired by the patient, to administer chloroform—or...

...left without help or hope of help? Mr. Williams lays down and defends the following proposition : " That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness...destroy consciousness at once, and put the sufferer at once to a quick and painless death ; all needful precautions being adopted to prevent any possible...

...left without help or hope of help ? Mr. Williams lays down and defends the following proposition : " That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness...may by-and-by supersede chloroform, so as to destroy conecioitsness at once, and put the sufferer at once to a quick and painless death ; att needful precautions...

...Club (Williams and Norgate, 1870) called " Euthanasia," the following proposition is enforced: — "That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness, it should be the recognised duty of the medical attendant, whenever so desired by the patient, to administer chloroform...

...exhaustively — we find the proposition for which we contend laid down in the following explicit terms : "That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness, it should be the recognised duty of the medical attendant, whenever so desired hy the patient, to administer chloroform,...

...euthanasia. About forty years ago, Dr. SD Williams of London sought to establish the proposition, " That in all cases of hopeless and painful illness,...the patient, to administer chloroform, or such other anesthetic as may bye-and-bye supersede chloroform — so as to destroy consciousness at once, and...

...centered on an essay by a schoolmaster and essayist, Samuel D. Williams, who defended the proposition that in all cases of hopeless and painful illness...the patient, to administer chloroform, or such other anesthetic as may by-and-by supersede chloroform, so as to destroy consciousness at once, and put the...

...essayists, Samuel Williams and Lionel Tollemache, wrote articles advocating this practice. Williams wrote, "in all cases of hopeless and painful illness it should...attendant, whenever so desired by the patient ... to destroy consciousness at once and put the sufferer at once to a quick and painless death."121 The proposals...