| Description Of Item | Notes relating to vindictive orexia, or the desire to commit homicide or suicide to seek revenge. Also addresses hereditary aspect of vindictive nature. Includes three press cuttings. First press cutting, from the Glasgow Herald, describes the murder of one solider by another at the Infantry Barracks in Brighton, England due to ongoing disputes between the two men. Second press cutting, published in the Scotsman in June 1864, describes the attempted murder of Emma Johnson by Martha Howell. The third press cutting describes the same event and is attributed to the Times. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |