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The effects of love : being a true copy of verses, supposed to be written by Janet Parker, a young woman about 24 years of age, in Sandgate, in Newcastle upon Tyne, who hanged herself on Monday last, the 13th of February, 1792, for the loss of her sweetheart; and this was found wrapped up in a letter near the place where the melancholy affair happened.
Parker, Janet, -1792Date: [1792?]
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Victorian suicide : mad crimes and sad histories / Barbara Gates.
Gates, Barbara T., 1936-Date: [1988], ©1988
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Passion and criminality in France : a legal and literary study / by Louis Proal ; translated from the French by A. R. Allinsom [!].
Louis ProalDate: 1901
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Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.
Reference: 23841i
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The suicide of Cleopatra: Roman soldiers discover Cleopatra lying dead on her bed with the asp wriggling on her left arm and her dead maid lying next to the bed. Line engraving by E. Smith after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.
DomenichinoDate: 1800-1899Reference: 42963i
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A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.
George CruikshankDate: 1848Reference: 26034i
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Psychologie du suicide / [Gabriel Deshaies].
Deshaies, Gabriel, 1909-Date: 1947
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Suicide / by Ruth Shonle Cavan.
Ruth Shonle CavanDate: [1928], ©1928
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Mindfulness and the transformation of despair : working with people at risk of suicide / Mark Williams [and four others].
J. Mark G. WilliamsDate: [2015]
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Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.
Charles JamesDate: 1798Reference: 42995i
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On suicidal impulse.
James ChristieDate: 1864
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Pre-Durckheim suicidology ; the 1892 reviews of Tuke and Savage / Robert S. Goldney, Johan A. Schioldann.
Robert D GoldneyDate: 2002
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Medical Officers of School Association
Medical Officers of School Association (f.1884)Date: c.1884-2005Reference: SA/MOS
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New trends in suicide prevention / volume editors, J. Wilmotte, J. Mendlewicz.
Date: 1982
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Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist
Spilsbury, BernardDate: c.1880s-c.1950sReference: PP/SPI
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Cases of suicidal poisoning with arsenic / by Robert Paterson.
R.H. PatersonDate: 1857
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The anatomy of suicide / by Forbes Winslow.
Forbes Benignus WinslowDate: 1840
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Reforming the spirit : society, madness and suicide in central Europe, 1517-1809 / by David L. Lederer.
Lederer, David L.Date: 1995
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An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).
Hablot Knight BrowneDate: [1839]Reference: 43002i
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De l'hypochondrie et du suicide : Considerations sur les causes, sur le siege et le traitement de ces maladies, sur les moyens d'en arreter les progres et d'en prevenir le developpement.
Jean-Pierre FalretDate: 1822
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The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.
Giovanni Battista CiprianiDate: 1700-1799Reference: 42940i
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On suicide / Émile Durkheim ; translated by Robin Buss ; with an introduction by Richard Sennett ; and notes by Alexander Riley.
Émile DurkheimDate: 2006
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Suicide in alcoholism / George E. Murphy.
Murphy, George E. (George Earl), 1922-Date: 1992
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Final exit : the practicalities of self-deliverance and assisted suicide for the dying / Derek Humphry.
Derek HumphryDate: 2002
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The mischief of persecution exemplified, by a true narrative of the life and deplorable end of Mr. John Child, who miserably destroy'd himself Octob. 13, 1684 : giving an account of his despair, and divers conferences had with him by several of his friends : together with his answer and papers written by his own hand : also a discourse of the nature and office of conscience, with a postscript shewing the reason of its publication at this time / attested by us, Tho. Plant, Benj. Dennis.
Plant, Thomas, active 17th centuryDate: 1688

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Victorian suicide : mad crimes and sad histories / Barbara Gates.

Passion and criminality in France : a legal and literary study / by Louis Proal ; translated from the French by A. R. Allinsom [!].

Christ heals two possessed men; in the background swine leap off a cliff. Engraving.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Roman soldiers discover Cleopatra lying dead on her bed with the asp wriggling on her left arm and her dead maid lying next to the bed. Line engraving by E. Smith after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

A destitute girl throws herself from a bridge, her life ruined by alcoholism. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1848.

Psychologie du suicide / [Gabriel Deshaies].

Suicide / by Ruth Shonle Cavan.

Mindfulness and the transformation of despair : working with people at risk of suicide / Mark Williams [and four others].

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James.

On suicidal impulse.

Pre-Durckheim suicidology ; the 1892 reviews of Tuke and Savage / Robert S. Goldney, Johan A. Schioldann.

Medical Officers of School Association

New trends in suicide prevention / volume editors, J. Wilmotte, J. Mendlewicz.

Spilsbury, Sir Bernard (1877-1947), Forensic Pathologist

Cases of suicidal poisoning with arsenic / by Robert Paterson.

The anatomy of suicide / by Forbes Winslow.

Reforming the spirit : society, madness and suicide in central Europe, 1517-1809 / by David L. Lederer.

An episode in Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens: a crowd gathers around Mr Mantalini who has attempted to poison himself. Etching after Phiz (Hablot K. Browne).

De l'hypochondrie et du suicide : Considerations sur les causes, sur le siege et le traitement de ces maladies, sur les moyens d'en arreter les progres et d'en prevenir le developpement.

The suicide of Cleopatra: Cleopatra holding the asp in her left hand. Stipple engraving by Sherwin after G.B. Cipriani.

On suicide / Émile Durkheim ; translated by Robin Buss ; with an introduction by Richard Sennett ; and notes by Alexander Riley.

Suicide in alcoholism / George E. Murphy.

Final exit : the practicalities of self-deliverance and assisted suicide for the dying / Derek Humphry.