The sun., 1888-11-04
NEB FACTS ABOUT SUICIDE.
Tho Results OF n Doctors Study of why
Men and Women Seek Death.
From the Utica Pyess
Or pil C,ip NJ, ~ thIs ritv rand n papar n,


! DR.. Pilgrim OF this city read a paper or
Asthe, love OF life is generally acknowledged
nd but nrs Rss S sabes 81 S of
untary death should have at all times attracted
2 great amount OF attention from moralists and
voeated and p@ractised @ sell destruction. and the
ss e az! Of By
general. Prof. Mayer Of Paris; In a lecture,
declared that every one Of his hearers had at
one rssponded. This longing for "restful
ate can usSay S DO esss but % een the
desire is so great that the will is not strong
enough to overcome It. and another name is
tistics show us Is Increasing with. terrible ra.
pidity. Statistics were given Showing, that
rrez e
sss whSh S pro9sS dqo to the in
taking Saes IN ned IL ssass ehsre
chsses rapid apd e
The modern youth consumes In an hour y
nds that % the nipmiies Of fs age have sappa1t @
odss 10 s vsGs Il at q 81 y
some rash speculation becomes a bankrupt to-
morrow:the professional man who Is ambitious
down. but proonss his work lar into the quiet
hours Of the night In iact. almost every, one
and ander such Is Il
eennui eennnui and diseust Of llfe occurs. or that tho
rest In tie suicides dishonored sraye9 Beside Side
love. jealousy, and remorse m m % play S an important
part In the etioloGy OF Sc sef-destruction. In the
majority OF cases whore bodies are recovered
mestio ties. coupled either with misguided
love and jealousy. or dissipation and remorse.
M it,
lluences OF homo and children a most impor-
tant prophy lantic. In regard to women. how
with them suicide Is moro frequent among the
married In than ths single the proportion I being
e9s 9 IT. s Sf
reason undoubtedly Is that . girls youthful
resie, % Of maPried s ase often sha''efeo
BsrtiIion Id pnbiishss these statistics Of sui.
from ali Glasses: Married men with children.
overs with children, 52S; widowsrs without
dren. io4; without children. ass. "''A '''"
frequent among women as among men. and I
am sure that the former frequently show the
more determination and persistence In, the
women. and It is therefore natural that they
other probable ,rsason for the Comparative in
frequency OF suicide among women is that they
arc better supplied with religious fervor and
occur nro October and November. while the
june July and september n also f have ay goodly ahg
ton for women The, progressive Increase and
with The IenetheninE and The shortenine Of the
days, and no! 70 only the seasons Of the year but
syeh the hours OF the day. exert an influence. aa
Tho greatest number Of suicides among. men
and ddun 4o@ andag Art to f asss OF The The
their wages either on the, first day Of the
remorss. The n more rugged ~ natures Of men aa
impel them 10 seek coarser means oi self-de-
and The rope-the latter Being most mo- IRE ire.
qiHsntly used b them, them iR whom the
resort to measures which they think viii
disfEure them. and most frequently seek death
~ ? poiso5ing; 6 ~ ASP asphyoxin; and drowning EPi.
having numerous followers. What might, be
York State LunatIe Asylum in July. 1850 There
were twenty eight persons In the institution
Dent on deStroylDg themselves. VI forty-four
patients admitted In that month nineteen were
suicides. In the same time there were four
teen distinct attempts at suicide by eight per-
sons. These epidemics are. to q great extent
the result OF the principle OF imitation. and It
may be said that suicide Is almost as much
decoration. and that each particular method
reigns for time ,qnd then gives way to some
neW9r means. Many cases are recorded Of
children committing suicide without apparent
cause. having heard OF q case In which their
Interest was aroused.
person bent on suicide will sometimes
await favorable opportunity for months. or
overcome apparently insurmountabe. difficult
ties by the exercise OF ingenuity which. II 1t |
object. would be worthy oi commendation.
The question. Is suicide dn evidence OF in
,anity is one which has given rise to mrleh
discussion. In olden times 1t seems always to
lave been considered crime and very severe
avs were enacted against II. The Penal Code !
n this state makes II felony to attempt to |
commit suicide. In England 1t was formerly |
sttsnded oy somo OF the consciousness o; fell |
9ny. hence tho term, "fSlo do So" Blandfred. |
iriesingor. Bucknill. Tuke. Gray and nearly |
NJ modern authorities think that suicide ls |
,ften committed By people in whom no disease !
II the brain exists. Indeed. Dr. Gray went !
much further. and In one OF his lectures said:
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