THE SUICIDE MANIA.
SHOULD CASES BE PUBLISHED. (Received 13, 9.20 a.m.) Melbourne, March 13. At the inquest on two suicides by lysol the doctor gave his opinion that the name of the poison in such cases should not be published. Another doctor said no reports should be published of inquests on suicides. The coroner, Dr. Cole, summing up, said there are arguments both for and against publication. Suicidallyinclined persons are undoubtedly likely to be attracted by a particular means of suicide, by seeing such cases described in the press, but ii they- had made up their minds to commit suicide it would be very dfifieiilt to stop them. The question was whether harm from non-publiea-tion was not counterbalanced by the harm caused by publication. If all poisons sold were diluted, they could still be used for medical purposes. This especially applied to ]V«O1.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume III, Issue 76, 13 March 1913, Page 5
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