Scottish historian Thomas Carlyle, dying, calmly said: "So this is what this death is like!"

Composer Edvard Grieg: "Well, if it's inevitable ..."

Queen Marie Antoinette was completely calm before her execution. As she climbed the scaffold, she stumbled and stepped on the executioner's foot: "Forgive me, please, monsieur, I did it by accident ...".

The Roman emperor and tyrant Nero cried out before his death: "What a great artist is dying!"

Vaclav Nijinsky, Anatole France, Garibaldi, Byron whispered the same word before their death: "Mom!".

When the Prussian king Frederick I was dying, the priest read prayers at his bedside. In the words "naked I came into this world and naked I will leave" Friedrich pushed him away with his hand and exclaimed: "Don't you dare bury me naked, not in full dress!"

Dying, Balzac recalled one of the characters in his stories, an experienced doctor Bianchon: "He would have saved me ...".

At the last moment before his death, the great Leonardo da Vinci exclaimed: "I have offended God and people! My works have not reached the height to which I aspired!"

Mikhail Romanov gave his boots to the executioners before the execution - "Use it, guys, it’s tsarist after all."

Spy dancer Mata Hari blew a kiss to the soldiers aiming at her, "I'm ready, boys."

The philosopher Immanuel Kant said: "Das ist gut".

Patient Anna Akhmatova after an injection of camphor: "Still, I feel very bad!"

One of the brothers-filmmakers, 92-year-old O. Lumiere: "My film ends."

Ibsen, having been in paralysis for several years, got up and said: "On the contrary!" - and died.

Nadezhda Mandelstam - to her nurse: "Don't be afraid."

Last words Einstein remained unknown because the nurse did not understand German

Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev died on August 22, 1883 at the age of 65 in the town of Bougival near Paris. His last words were strange: "Farewell, my dears, my whitish ...".
Grief-stricken relatives did not stand around the dying man's bed: despite several romances he lived through, the writer never married, spending his life in the ambiguous role of a faithful friend of the family, Pauline Viardot. The death of Turgenev, all his life, by his own admission, "huddled on the edge of someone else's nest", was somewhat like the death of his famous hero - Yevgeny Bazarov. Both were escorted to another world by a beloved and never fully owned woman.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky woke up at dawn on January 28, 1881 with a clear realization that today is the last day of his life. He waited in silence for his wife to wake up. Anna Grigorievna did not believe her husband's words, because the day before he was better. But Dostoevsky insisted that a priest be brought in, communed, confessed, and soon died.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov died on the night of July 2, 1904 in a hotel room in the German resort town of Badenweiler. The German doctor decided that death was already behind him. According to the ancient German medical tradition, the doctor who diagnosed his colleague with a fatal diagnosis treats the dying man with champagne ... Anton Pavlovich said in German: "I am dying" - and drank a glass of champagne to the bottom.
The writer's wife, Olga Leonardovna, will write later that the "terrible silence" of the night when Chekhov died was broken only by "a huge black moth, which painfully beat against burning night lamps and dangled around the room."

Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy spent the last days of his life at the provincial railway station Astapovo. At the age of 83, the count decided to break with an orderly, prosperous existence in Yasnaya Polyana... Accompanied by his daughter and a family doctor, he left incognito, in a third-class carriage. On the way I caught a cold, pneumonia began.
The last words of Tolstoy, spoken by him on the morning of November 7, 1910, already in oblivion, were: “I love the truth” (according to another version, he said “I don’t understand”).

Many of us would like to leave a mark on history and know that we will be remembered even when we leave. But even the final chord has to be played perfectly. However, since we do not know when that very hour will come, we will not have time to think of what to say. But some, apparently, succeeded. It is interesting how some famous personalities did not fail even at their last moment. Some of the quotes below are amusing, others are wisdom.

Winston Churchill

Even leaving this life, the British Prime Minister did not betray his dry wit. Churchill left this world, declaring that he was "bored" here.

Joan Crawford

The harshness characteristic of Crawford did not leave her in the hour of her death. According to her housekeeper, before her death, Joan said: "Don't you dare ask God to help me."

Buddy rich

But Buddy Rich had a joke before his death. He died in 1987 after an operation, and his last words were in response to a nurse's question if he was allergic to something. The musician replied that he was in country.

Pancho Villa

The rebel, one of the leaders of the Mexican Revolution, clearly wanted to say something epic before he died. Otherwise, why did he tell reporters, dying of a bullet, to say that he "said something"?

Arthur Conan Doyle

Chekhov was right when he spoke of brevity. Arthur Conan Doyle spoke only two words, but so memorable. They were addressed to his wife and sounded like "You are beautiful."

George Harrison

True wisdom was dropped by George Harrison before his death. His words were: "Love one another."

James French

The suicide statements of executed criminals are always recorded, although they rarely deserve attention. James French is an exception. This killer was executed in the electric chair. His words became the headlines for many of the following articles: "French fries!" ("French fries", but literally - "fried French").

V.S. Fields

The comedian before his death, like the author of Sherlock Holmes, turned to his beloved. But his statement is much more interesting: "Damn the whole world and everything in it, except for you, Carlotta."

Chico Marks

And Marx was among those who turned to their soulmate. Chico gave her some kind of instructions: to place in his coffin "a deck of cards, a club and a cute blonde."

Groucho Marks

Marx's brother, Groucho, was a witty man. Dying, he said: "This is not the way to live!"

Bing Crosby

There are also those who, looking back at their lives, recalled only good things. Crosby, for example, said on this occasion "It was good game golf! "

Voltaire

Voltaire was not religious and did not change his convictions even on his deathbed. When the priest asked him to renounce the devil, the philosopher said that now "is not the time to make new enemies."

Leonardo Da Vinci

The problem with being a perfectionist is that you are never satisfied with your job, even when you die. So Da Vinci self-critically expressed himself: "I have offended God and people, because my work is not as high-quality as it should be."

Ramo

A composer once, always a composer. This is why Rameau's last words contained complaints about singing in his honor: "You are out of tune."

Nostradamus

The fortuneteller was not mistaken in his dying words. When he said "I won't be here tomorrow," he was absolutely right.

Mozart

Poetic words are just in the spirit of a true creator. "The taste of death is on my lips. I feel something out of this earth."

Marie antoinette

The famous queen of France, a great figure, the idol of many women, ended her life on the guillotine. Climbing the scaffold, Marie Antoinette stepped on the foot of her executioner. That is why her dying statement: "Forgive me, monsieur" (orig. "Pardonnez-moi, monsieur")

Jack Daniel

Jack Daniel had the perfect parting words. The creator of a popular alcoholic drink of a famous brand could not say anything other than: "Pour the last one, please."

Julius Caesar

In 44 BC, the Republicans, not wanting Caesar to turn the Roman Republic into a monarchy, plotted. Gaius Julius Caesar was stabbed to death with knives. Seeing his friend among the conspirators, the wounded Caesar stopped resisting and said: "And you Brute!" According to another version, the phrase was different and contained more regret than indignation: “Even you, my child, Brutus? "The most common version of the phrase is used in the play" Julius Caesar "written by William Shakespeare. Today, this catch phrase is pronounced when they want to point out the betrayal of a friend.

On January 27, 1837, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin was mortally wounded in a duel with Dantes. After being wounded, Pushkin lived for 2 more days, experiencing severe pain. The poet was dying at home. Next to him was I. T. Spassky and Vladimir Ivanovich Dal, who kept a diary of the history of the disease. Thanks to this diary, Pushkin's last words are known:

The pulse began to fall and soon disappeared altogether, and my hands began to freeze. It struck two o'clock in the afternoon, January 29, and there was only three-quarters of an hour left in Pushkin. The vigorous spirit still retained its power; occasionally only half-drowsiness, oblivion for a few seconds fogged my thoughts and soul. Then the dying man, several times, gave me his hand, squeezed and said: "Well, lift me up, let's go, yes higher, higher, well, let's go." Having come to his senses, he said to me: "I dreamed that I was climbing high with you on these books and shelves and my head was spinning." Once or twice he looked closely at me and asked: "Who is this, you?" "I, my friend." "What is it, he continued, I could not recognize you." A little later he again, without opening his eyes, began to look for my hand and, stretching it out, said: "Well, let's go, please, together!" I went up to V. A. Zhukovsky and gr. Vielgorsky and said: departs! Pushkin opened his eyes and asked for soaked cloudberries; when they brought her, he said clearly: "Call your wife, let her feed me." Natalia Nikolaevna knelt at the head of the dying man, brought him a spoon, another, and pressed her face to her husband's brow. Pushkin stroked her head and said: "Well, nothing, thank God, everything is fine."

Friends, neighbors silently surrounded the head of the departing person; I, at his request, took him under the arms and raised him higher. He suddenly seemed to wake up, quickly opened his eyes, his face cleared up, and he said: "Life is over!" I didn't hear it and asked quietly: "What's over?" "Life is over," he answered clearly and positively. “It's hard to breathe, it’s pressing,” were his last words... All the local calmness spread over the whole body; hands have cooled down to the very shoulders, toes, feet and knees as well; abrupt, rapid breathing changed more and more into slow, quiet, drawn-out; another weak, barely noticeable sigh and an immense abyss, immeasurable, divided the living from the dead. He died so quietly that the others did not notice his death.

Nostradamus

Today the name of this doctor, astrologer and predictor of the 15th century has become a household name. Predicted the death of Henry II in the tournament. For this they wanted to burn him. However, he was saved by Catherine de 'Medici, Queen of France. Catherine was always attracted by an interest in the occult and everything unusual. The queen had seven children. Nostradamus predicted that four of them would die, and so it happened.

After the incident at the tournament, Nostradamus began to confuse his predictions even more in verse, so as not to incur the wrath of people.

Predicted the coming of the three Antichrists, the First was Napoleon, the Second Hitler, and the third is yet to appear in the future.

They say that when predicting events of the very distant future, he had to use the words that he knew. So instead of a submarine, he used the word iron fish, a flame of fire with long sparks in the sky was, most likely, a rocket.

In 1566, at the age of 63, he died due to complications of gout. They say that his last words were: "I won't be here tomorrow"

It is a nickname. Real name William Sydney Porter. For some time he worked in a bank, in which a shortage was later discovered. To avoid prison he was forced to flee the city to Honduras. But after learning that his wife was seriously ill, he went to her in the city of Austin, knowing that he would be arrested.

After the death of his wife, he was arrested for 5 years, but later released ahead of schedule, for exemplary behavior. In prison he had the opportunity to write, and there the pseudonym O. Henry arose.

The last years of his life, the writer abused alcohol, later he was diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver and diabetes. Before his death on the night of June 5, 1910 while in a hospital ward O. Henry said: "Turn on the light. I don't want to go home in the dark. "

Marie antoinette

A native of Austria, she married Louis Augustus to try on Austria and France. The Queen lived in her own "luxurious" world without seeing what was happening in real France. Hunger and Poverty surrounded the people, while the Queen bought herself expensive jewelry, dresses, villas and castles.

For a long time, the Queen was interested in entertainment, and after raising children. Politics and numbers were boring, and therefore completely trusted the king. However, the king could not cope with his task, and did not say anything to his wife, as he did not want to upset her. When Marie Antoinette realized this, it was already too late, the people, after many years of famine, finally rebelled, the revolution soon began.

Now the Queen was forced to face those whom she did not know and did not want to know - the people.

The new legislative body of France was supposed to finally end the monarchy, and therefore the king. First, the death sentence was passed to King Louis 16, he was soon executed. Marie Antoinette was imprisoned and her children were forcibly taken away. After they were accused of betrayal, ties with enemies and plundering the state treasury. In all trials, the queen defended herself intelligently and decisively. But slander is a surefire way to kill. A few hours after the trial, Marie Antoinette learned about the verdict. The tribunal was to execute her at dawn.

And so the former queen left the hall without uttering a word or showing a single drop of weakness on her face. The next morning, the Queen proudly walked to the scaffold. Her face was expressionless. By accidentally stepping on the executioner's foot, the queen follows the rules of etiquette, which she always found boring , apologized and said“Please excuse me, monsieur. I didn't do it on purpose. ”These were her last words.

Leonardo da Vinci

The painting was painted by François-Guillaume Menagot. Death of Leonardo da Vinci at the hands of Francis I.

At the end of the 15th and beginning of the 16th centuries, Leonardo da Vinci lived, he was an inventor, artist, alchemist. His discoveries were ahead of their time. In each of his paintings they find secret signs and secrets. And the most famous portrait of Mona Lisa still amazes the minds of many people.

Leonardo's last days talk about how much he has achieved in life. The illegitimate son was far from the poor village in which he was born. He was surrounded by the rich and influential people who admired him. A few days before his death, Leonardo called a notary to draw up a will and give instructions for his own funeral. Among his demands were even the number and weight of the candles that were supposed to burn during Mass on the day of his burial. It seems as if death was the last secret he wanted to comprehend.

At the time of his death, the artist was with three paintings: St. John the Baptist, St. Anna and the famous portrait of a smiling woman, Mona Lisa. It is believed that this choice was not accidental. It is said that during a confession to a priest, Leonardo asked for forgiveness for the paintings that contradict tradition. The last great words of Leonardo da Vinci were: "I insulted God and people, because in my works I did not reach the height to which I was striving."

Raphael Santi

Painting by Henry Nelson About "The Nile" Raphael's Last Moments "The dying artist looks at and points to his last masterpiece -" Transfiguration ", which many researchers consider the pinnacle of Raphael's work.

As an artist, he lived at about the same time as Leonardo da Vinci. Despite his short life, he worked very hard, wrote many paintings, the most famous of which is the "Sistine Madonna" (Italian Madonna Sistina). The chambers of the Vatican Palace are also painted by Raphael. The artist's lifetime fame was so great that he was called happy. Raphael lived in luxury and was held in high esteem. He was the ideal courtier. Ideal appearance, refined manners, ability to maintain scholarly conversations.

Being spoiled by female attention, he chose as his wife a simple girl, the daughter of a baker with an angelic appearance. Some believe that Psyche and the Sistine Madonna are endowed with her appearance.

Raphael died unexpectedly, after a short illness on the day of his 37th birthday on April 6, 1520. They say that before their death Raphael spoke a short"Happy".

Benjamin Franklin

Father and founder of American politics Benjamin Franklin. He opened the first public library in America. He devoted a lot of time to physics, politics and social activities... So he introduced the designation of the charge + and - which we still use in Everyday life(batteries).

In history, he remained the only politician who signed all three documents that marked the formation of the American state. The Paris Peace Treaty, as well as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. V last years In his life, Franklin fought for human rights, for the abolition of slavery, and instructed young people to follow 13 moral values ​​that he himself formulated:

• Abstinence
• Silence
• Love of order
• Determination
• Thrift
• Hard work
• Sincerity
• Justice
• Moderation
• Cleanliness
• Calmness
• Chastity
• Meekness

The great scientist and politician died at the age of 84. When the daughter asked the 84-year-old seriously ill Franklin to lie down differently so that it would be easier for him to breathe, the old man, anticipating the imminent end, said grumpily: "Nothing comes easily to a dying man."

His funeral was attended by about 20,000 people, despite the fact that the city had a population of about 33,000. Since 1914, Franklin is depicted on all US $ 100 bills.

Winston Churchill

Premier mi nister and politician of Great Britain. He went down in the history of the twentieth century as the man who created the history of Britain and the peoples of Europe. He was one of the first to realize what danger Hitler's fascism poses to Europe, called on the British to wage an active war against Nazi Germany and supported the Soviet people in this struggle.

Churchill was philosophical about his death. He said: “I'm not afraid of death, but I'm going to do it the best way"And also" I am ready to meet the Creator, but I do not know if the Creator is ready for such a difficult test as meeting with me! "

The politician died at the age of 90 from another stroke, in a beautiful estate, next to him was his wife, with whom he lived for no less than 57 years. For his services, Churchill was awarded a state funeral, which turned into a large-scale event in the city, the script for which was written by Winston himself. Until recently, Churchill did not give up bad habits, he still smoked a lot of cigars and did not deny himself delicious food. They say his last words were: "I'm so tired of all this."

Steve Jobs

Billionaire, one of the founders of Apple. A small interview or words spoken by him in a hospital ward before his death appeared on the network. It is not known whether these were his words, but this speech touched many.

“I have reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In the eyes of others, my life is the embodiment of success.

However, apart from work, I have little joy. After all, wealth is just a fact of life that I am used to.

At this point, lying in a hospital bed and looking back over my entire life, I understand that all the recognition and wealth that I was so proud of have lost their meaning in the face of impending death.

In the dark, when I look at the green light from the life support apparatus and hear a repetitive mechanical sound, I can feel the breath of God and the approach of death. Now that we have accumulated enough wealth, it's time to think about completely different issues in life, not related to wealth ...

There must be something more important: maybe relationships, maybe art, maybe childhood dreams ...

The relentless pursuit of wealth turns a person into a puppet, which happened to me. God gave us feelings to bring our love to every heart, not illusions about wealth.

The wealth that I have accumulated in my life I cannot take with me. All I can take away are just memories of love. This is the true wealth that should follow you, accompany you, give you strength and light to move on.

Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the heights you want to reach. It's all in your heart and in your hands.

You can hire someone to drive you, someone to make money for you, but no one will bear your illness for you.

The material things that we are losing can still be found. But there is one thing that you will never find if you have lost it, and that is life.

It doesn't matter what stage of life we ​​are in right now: everyone is waiting for the day when the curtain will go down.

Your treasures are love for your family, your beloved, your friends ...

None of us love death. None of us likes to talk about her (we don't take teenagers into account, because these creatures are not yet ripe for such conversations at all). Some argue that they are not at all afraid of death, while others, on the contrary, are horrified by the mere thought that their life will one day end.

"Tomorrow I will die, and you are with me"

“When my beloved grandmother was about to die, someone had to be with her in the room all the time. "Guard" was changed three times a day. One night my dear cousin volunteered to sit with her. They talked pretty well at a time when she was still feeling good, and when he volunteered to sit with her, everyone immediately realized that they would chat all night, or he would start re-reading her favorite book to her. The house where Granny lived was a little creepy. The light in the hallway was constantly blinking, and in the guest bedroom it could turn off altogether for several hours. I loved my grandma, but I didn't really want to spend the night in that creepy house.

According to his cousin, that night when he stayed at her house, Granny abruptly got out of bed at about 1 am. When he returned from the kitchen, he saw that she was standing on the second floor in one nightgown and in the literal sense of the word was making faces at someone. When my cousin asked her what was actually going on, she replied: "I just want the man on the stairs to pay attention to me!" The next day is mine cousin stayed with grandma again, and when the clock was about six in the evening, grandma called him over and said: “In fact, nothing matters. Tomorrow I will die, and you are with me. " He urgently called us and said that he could no longer sit with granny, and I completely understand him ”- peppermint_toad.

"Why are they here?"

“When my grandmother was dying, my mother was always next to her bed. Once I heard their conversation, in which my grandmother constantly asked the same question to my mother: "Why are they here?" It really scared me, but as my mother later explained to me, it was a kind of transition from the world of the living to world of the dead"- feegleshmaken.

“I see the line. Tell your mom that I'll be back. "

“I am a paramedic by profession and have seen a lot of things over the years. The first case, which I want to tell you about, happened not so long ago. One elderly lady, grabbing my hand, began to talk about the fact that next to her there was a man without a head and some girl. They want to take her, but she will not go to heaven. By the way, that night she died of internal bleeding. I will never forget the second case. Even when I was just starting to work, we were called because there was a major car accident. Arriving at the place, we saw that the woman who was driving had survived with little or no injury, but her nine-year-old son was bleeding to death. When we were taking him to the hospital on an emergency basis, he looked at me and said: “I see the devil. Tell your mom I'll be back. " His eyes closed smoothly, and we started resuscitation, but he never survived "- medic1947.

"Help, they torture me"

“I work in a hospital as a resuscitation doctor, and when your patient dies, it's always hard. Once, a girl came to me in a very serious condition. She had numerous injuries to the head, pelvis, arms, and so on. I won't bore you by talking about injuries. So, when I was near, she in half-delirium pulled my sleeve and opened her eyes so wide, as if she saw something terrible. All I had time to hear before her heart stopped was: "Help, they torture me." Still uncomfortable with this incident ”- Ephy_Chan.

"The devil was in my room all night, but don't worry, God is with you."

“The devil was in my room all night, but don't worry, God is with you” - this was the phrase repeated by one patient in our hospital who was near death. Toward morning, he had a terrible seizure, and he died with wide eyes and a terrible grimace on his face. He also screamed about "Devil" all night and said over and over again, "Get out of here!" This building will explode! ”- Coyena.

"I have faced death many times already"

“This guy was going to have breakfast and refused to check his blood glucose. Since we were already familiar with his medical history, we suspected that he might need insulin. I expressed my concern, but he answered me, "I have faced death many times." By the way, the guy didn’t lie, he was really seriously ill and almost went blind over the past six months. I came back 30 minutes later to check it out. He was unconscious and almost blue. We immediately took him to the intensive care unit, although it was clear with the naked eye that he was in a deep coma, and his brain was most likely already dead. For another week he lay on the life support apparatus, and then his relatives decided to turn it off. ”- Damnmorrisdancer.

Working in the hospital as a resuscitation doctor, Alexei Samokhin wrote down what people said before his death. These phrases, confused like life itself, and the author's comments to them, are an invaluable and unprecedented document of human existence.

Lesha Samokhin was talented person- a journalist, musician and doctor. Saving the lives of many, he himself left young, in the best traditions of poets - at the age of 37. His most striking legacy is the text "Last Words". In memory of Alexei, we publish this amazing text.

FROM THE AUTHOR:

The boomerang, whatever its flight, must return. If you put your hand on the pulse, you will feel the countdown, which started at the moment of your birth. Someday, you will definitely die. All your life, if you're not dumb, you talk. You say words, words about words ... Someday what you say will be your last word. What follows below are the last words I listened to during my five years at the hospital. First, I started writing them down in a notebook so as not to forget. Then I realized that I remember forever and stopped writing. Here, far from all I am so, chosen ...

At first, having stopped working in the hospital, I regretted that I could hear such things very rarely now. Only later did I realize that the last words can be heard from living people. It is enough just to listen more closely and understand that most of them will not say anything else.

"Wash the currants, sonny, she's just from the garden ..."

A. 79 years old
This was the first entry in my notebook, the first thing that I heard when I was still an orderly. I went to wash the currants, and when I returned, my grandmother had already died of a heart attack with the same expression on her face with which I left her.

"But he is still smarter than you ..."

H. 47 years old
An elderly, very rich Azerbaijani woman who threw a tantrum that she wanted to see her son. They were given ten minutes to talk, and when I came to escort him out of the department, I heard that it was the last thing she said to him. After he left, she looked at everyone angrily enough, did not talk to anyone, and an hour later she died as a result of cardiac arrest.

"Get your hands off, armed gang! You swore to me eternal friendship!"

G. 44 years old
It was some old Jew in complete insanity. On the first day after the operation, apparently after anesthesia, he confessed his love to everyone, and on the second day he decided that we were "an evil gang that disguised themselves as people of a sacred profession." He swore all day and by evening, without ceasing to swear, he died.

I've already sprinkled this x @ yney five hundred times!

D. 66 years old
Some locksmith died from an attack of bronchial asthma in front of my eyes. This is the only thing he managed to tell me when he showed me a bottle with an inhaler that widens the airways. Then he collapsed to the floor.

"Potassium..."

Y. 34 years old
Potassium was the cause of his death. The nurse did not set the IV rate and the lightning-fast injection of potassium caused cardiac arrest. Apparently, he felt it, because when I ran into the hall to the signal of the instruments, he raised his index finger and pointed to the empty can and told me what was in it. This, by the way, was the only case of potassium overdose out of several dozen in my practice, which resulted in death.

"How much you are aware of what you are doing. Write me a piece of paper, how much you are aware of what you are doing now ..."

G. 53 years old
J. was a hydraulic engineer. He suffered from hypochondriacal delirium, asking everyone and everything about the mechanism of action of each pill and "why I itch here, but here it is pricked." I asked doctors to sign his notebook for each injection. To be honest, he died because of the races *** of the nurse, whether she mixed up the cardiotonic, or his dose ... I don't remember. I only remember what he said at the end.

"It hurts a lot here!"

H. 24 years
This young man one of the "youngest" heart attacks in Moscow was registered. He constantly asked only "pi-and-t ..." and said, putting his hand on the area of ​​the heart, that he was in great pain. His mother said that he was very stressed. Three days later, the "youngest" death from myocardial infarction was recorded. He died repeating these words ...

"I want to go home"

I. 8 years
A girl who spoke only these two words for two weeks after liver surgery. She died on my watch.

"There have been better conditions ..."

K. 46 years old
The patient who, after two unconscious months, asked to deflate the cuff on the tracheostomy, convincing everyone that he definitely needed to say something. Croaking these two words, he again lost consciousness and did not come to himself.

"I am a relative of Igor Langno."

L. 28 years old
He was a blond Baltic guy with a severe heart defect named Igor Langno.

"Larissa, Lara, Larissa ..."

M. 45 years old
M. had repeated extensive myocardial infarction. He died and agonized for three days, all the while holding the wedding ring with the fingers of his other hand and repeating the name of his wife. When he died, I took this ring off to give it to her.

"You do not stand at my cold feet."

N. 74 years old
This grandmother told everyone that they were "strangers" to her. She said her last phrase proudly and slightly viciously. She told me during the night round, refusing treatment. After that, she defiantly turned away to the wall and fell asleep. In the morning, she was discovered by her roommates, who died in this position. I really didn't have to stand at her cold feet.

"Girls, buy me two Wils' Carriages, please. Your wife will give you the money. Go to the tea. Thank you."

O. 57 years old
A precocious-looking diabetic who, fearing that he was accidentally given a glucose drip, injected himself with an "overdose" of insulin. At this time, the nurses went out to the store and he asked them to buy him a chocolate bar to raise his sugar level. After that he lost consciousness from hypoglycemia. I never came to myself. The chocolates were brought when he was already dead. The wife never gave the money.

"You are a doctor ... Therefore, it will be so, as you tell me."

P. 44 years
An intelligent gray-haired Georgian who constantly shook hands with everyone who approached him, insisting that he trusts everyone and believes in everyone. He said these words after an injection of morphine, before he was put on an oxygen mask. In his sleep, he began to have ventricular fibrillation. He was electrocuted thirty times. Then my heart stopped. They did not start.

"I, of course, have become a bit old ..."

R. 62
Asthenic grandfather with a gray bald spot, who was successfully recovering from a banal coronary artery bypass grafting. He lay alone in a single room and constantly tossed and turned in bed so that the sheet “crumpled” and had to be pulled on regularly. Grunting about age, he complained just at that moment, waddling from side to side. He had no complications. I gave him an injection of relanium to get him to sleep. Died in a dream, apparently, "of old age."

"If I get oklem and my heart grows, I can bring you real high fur boots from the North. You can go hunting in high fur boots, so you won’t know grief in Moscow. guests to go. We have a time there when the sun does not set beyond the horizon. I try there, I try back ... I will hover a centimeter from the horizon and back. There I will arrange a celebration of life for you. I will take you to the hills. So you will have a rest with us. in the north, which I don't want to go to the south. Okay, I'll sleep, I'll sleep ... When I sleep, I don't seem so anxious ... Carefully with the electrodes, otherwise in the morning I woke up nothing runs ... Well, I think that's all ... Yes, this is me, what will I tell you, I myself know everything ... "

S. 43 years old
During this story, the nurse injected sleeping pills on which he fell asleep. This patient was a mustachioed inhabitant of the Far North. He came to Moscow with a diagnosis of "dilated cardiomyopathy", which has only one way of treatment - a heart transplant, after which we were on duty with him. "Submariner" I am his friend in the squad, who served all his life in a submarine, who died during the rejection crisis, a month after the operation. He had the same indications for a transplant, to which he brought himself, vowing to "fuck 100 women", breaking down on the 76th. S. did not even make it to the crisis. He died seven or eight hours later from some sort of fulminant infection. I remember that there was a big scandal with surgeons who reproached us for non-sterility. In my opinion, even SES was called ...

"Everything? .. Yes? .. Everything? .. Everything? .. Yes? .. Everything? .. Yes? .."

T. 56 years
This patient died about the same as the aforementioned E. He got up without permission to urinate in the "duck" on his own. At this point, ventricular fibrillation began and he fell to the floor. We, the whole shift, put him on the bed. Cardiac arrest began, someone began to “pump” ... For each pressing of the chest, on exhalation, he asked one of these questions. Nobody answered him. This lasted about ten seconds.

"When I flew I saw white lights, however, drink this one yourself when your daughter comes."

U. 57 years old
In fact, it was a military pilot, Belousov. Charming, handsome and very strong-willed guy. With complications, he lay for four months on mechanical ventilation until he died of sepsis. These are not words because of the tracheostomy, he could not speak, this is his last note, which he wrote in huge letters, reminiscent of the scribbles of a preschooler. He tried to explain to me about white lights three times, unfortunately, he did not understand anything. Drink yourself about the miraculous "medicine of the mummy, which he was conscientiously soldered with at the insistence of his brother, also, by the way, a military pilot." I was on duty with Belousov for a month and a half, fifteen shifts in a row. I really liked him, I really wanted him to get well. He died at night and I was incredibly upset. In the morning, leaving work, I ran into his daughter at the door of the department. She knew me and asked with a smile: “How is he there? I, here, brought him baby puree, mineral water, honey ... I frowned, deliberately rudely muttered something about fatigue after a sleepless night, and quickly ran into the elevator. They say she sat at the entrance for two hours, no one dared to tell her ...

"Take away the carriage, ** the magnifying glass is burning."

B. 52 years old
A huge miner from Donbass, who did not know how to pronounce half of the most common words of the Russian language. He spoke in a broken bass. Until he died, the catheter was never removed.

"Come to me! I will share the thrill with you!"

F. 19 years old
I didn’t hear it. This was heard by a friend of mine whom I met when he was working as a salesman in a music store. These words belong to his girlfriend, who died a few minutes later from heroin overdose. At his home, in his bed. Later, I asked him if he remembered her last words. “Of course, I will never forget them!” He replied and shared with me.