| Description Of Item | Notes relating to methods of suicide (e.g. hanging, poisoning, drowning, shooting) and their frequency in different geographic locations and by gender and age. Geographic locations include Great Britain, France, and Germany. Includes nine complete and incomplete press cuttings attributed to publications including Galignani’s Messenger, Annales d’Hygiène, the Pall-Mall Gazette, the Belfast Newsletter, and the Independent. Some press cuttings describe statistical findings of suicide, including the number of occurrences by method and comparisons of the number of suicides per method, per country. Other press cuttings describe individual instances of suicide, suicidal thoughts, or suicide attempts, plus reporting on ‘suicide mania in London.’ From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |