Show Popular Belief Belie Wrong The popular belief that a person falling fallin from a great height Is dead I before he reaches the ground has been proved untrue by numerous cases of I people who have fallen almost feet teet and aDd lived In some cuts cases persons persons per per- sons with weak hearts the shock of feeling themselves falling g has hOB caused such a great Increase In the pressure of the blood In the heart that It has ruptured that organ The shock causes all nil the muscles to contract violently violently vio vio- the muscles compress the blood vessels vessel and thus the blood Is driven toward the heart The falling Itself howe however er could rould not hurt a normal per per- son It Is tle sudden stop atop which kills |