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... and had been brooding over suicide for several years ; he referred to the case of Lawrence who had killed the man at Brighton , and said he wished to do something C of the kind in order to be hanged . acquitted INTRODUCTION . 17.
... and had been brooding over suicide for several years ; he referred to the case of Lawrence who had killed the man at Brighton , and said he wished to do something C of the kind in order to be hanged . acquitted INTRODUCTION . 17.
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... rid themselves of a life of such fearful and hopeless misery ; and thus it is that we find the tendency to suicide so strongly developed in this unfortunate subclass of insane . Amongst these , 26 ON MIND , SOUND AND UNSOUND .
... rid themselves of a life of such fearful and hopeless misery ; and thus it is that we find the tendency to suicide so strongly developed in this unfortunate subclass of insane . Amongst these , 26 ON MIND , SOUND AND UNSOUND .
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... suicide ; to effect their purpose , these will sometimes commit murder , in order that they may perish by the hands of justice . Again , in the course of bodily disease , we find delirium com- ing on , which we may consider as a ...
... suicide ; to effect their purpose , these will sometimes commit murder , in order that they may perish by the hands of justice . Again , in the course of bodily disease , we find delirium com- ing on , which we may consider as a ...
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... suicide , and was shortly afterwards found drowned in a canal near his house . Now , in mono- mania we discover strong propensities to the com- mission of special crime , such as suicide , homicide , incendiarism , or theft , seemingly ...
... suicide , and was shortly afterwards found drowned in a canal near his house . Now , in mono- mania we discover strong propensities to the com- mission of special crime , such as suicide , homicide , incendiarism , or theft , seemingly ...
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... suicide is alone sufficient proof of unsound mind . We do not , however , coincide in this view : in some countries we know that suicide has met with great indulgence , and even been esteemed honourable ; and in the heathen world , the ...
... suicide is alone sufficient proof of unsound mind . We do not , however , coincide in this view : in some countries we know that suicide has met with great indulgence , and even been esteemed honourable ; and in the heathen world , the ...
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