The oldest near-death experience Near-death experiences have been passed down through folklore, myth and storytelling since ancient civilisations. The oldest medical description of such an event dates back to the 18th century. Philippe Charlier at the University of Versailles in Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France, who researches the history of diseases, describes in the journal Resuscitation how he discovered the reference in an old medical textbook from 1766 called Anecdotes de médecine. The description was written by Pierre-Jean du Monchaux, a French military physician. He tells the story of a patient with a fever whod had several blood-letting treatments. The patient was unconscious for a long time but when he awoke he reported that after he lost all external sensations, he saw such a pure and extreme light that he thought he was in the Kingdom of the Blessed. He told du Monchaux that he remembered the sensation well, and said that never of all his life had he had a nicer moment. ...
Posted on: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:11:57 +0000
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