Suicide

About this eBook

Author

Westcott, W. Wynn (William Wynn), 1848-1925

Title

Suicide: Its History, Literature, Jurisprudence, Causation, and Prevention

Credits

E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Suicide

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58766

Release Date

January 24, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Turgut Dincer, Les Galloway, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( https://archive.org ) — SUICIDE ITS HISTORY, LITERATURE, JURISPRUDENCE, CAUSATION, AND PREVENTION.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE HISTORY OF SUICIDE.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. NOTABLE SUICIDES. — I.─ Mentioned in the Bible. — II.─ Classical. — III.─ Middle Ages and Modern Times.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. LITERATURE. — Foreign Literature.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. CIVIL JURISPRUDENCE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. PRESENT SUICIDE RATE AND INCREASE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE CAUSATION OF SUICIDE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. RACE, GEOGRAPHICAL INFLUENCES, AND CLIMATE. — Climate and Geographical Data.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. EDUCATION, RELIGION, AND MORALS. — The Influence of Religion. — Morality.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. URBAN AND RURAL LIFE; EMPLOYMENT; ARMY, NAVY, AND PRISON LIFE. — Employment. — Military and Naval Life. — Prison Life.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. SEASONS AND TIMES.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. SEX, AGE, AND SOCIAL STATE. — Age. — Suicide in Childhood. — Marriage, Celibacy, Widowhood.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. INSANITY IN RELATION TO SUICIDE. — The Forms of Lunacy.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. EPIDEMIC SUICIDE; SUICIDE FROM IMITATION, AND DESIRE FOR NOTORIETY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. BODILY DISEASES; INSOMNIA, SPIRITUALISM, HEREDITY, AND ALCOHOLISM. — Insomnia. — Alcohol. — Heredity. — Spiritualism.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. TÆDIUM-VITÆ, THE PASSIONS, MISERY AND DESPAIR.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. THE MEANS OF SUICIDE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. SUICIDE AND CRIME COMPARED; AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. — Attempted Suicide. — The Law of Suicidal Attempts.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. SUICIDE IN BRITISH INDIA. — Revenge or Accusation. — Religion. — Physical Suffering. — Grief, Shame, and Jealousy.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE, AND THE TREATMENT OF THE SUICIDAL TENDENCY IN THE INSANE. — Suicide of the Insane. — Suicide of Sane Persons.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. SUICIDE OF ANIMALS.
27. 27.APPENDIX. THE ATTITUDE OF ASSURANCE COMPANIES TO THE SUICIDE.
28. 28.BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
29. 29.INDEX. — Transcriber’s Note

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