The Anatomy of SuicideFOOTNOTES:Reading editionChapter navigation22 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACE.ERRATA.Chapter I · SUICIDES OF THE ANCIENTS.—ANCIENT LAWS AND OPINIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF SUICIDE.Chapter II · WRITERS IN DEFENCE OF SUICIDE.Chapter III · SUICIDE A CRIME AGAINST GOD AND MAN.—IT IS NOT AN ACT OF COURAGE.Chapter IV · ON THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN MENTAL STATES IN INDUCING THE DISPOSITION TO SUICIDE.Chapter IV · ON THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN MENTAL STATES IN INDUCING THE DISPOSITION TO SUICIDE. (continued 2)Chapter V · IMITATIVE, OR EPIDEMIC SUICIDE.Chapter VI · SUICIDE FROM FASCINATION.Chapter VII · OF THE ENTHUSIASM AND MENTAL IRRITABILITY WHICH, IF ENCOURAGED, WOULD LEAD TO SUICIDE.Chapter VIII · PHYSICAL CAUSES OF SUICIDE.Chapter IX · MORAL TREATMENT OF SUICIDAL MANIA.Chapter X · PHYSICAL TREATMENT OF THE SUICIDAL DISPOSITION.Chapter XI · IS THE ACT OF SUICIDE THE RESULT OF INSANITY?Chapter XII · SUICIDE IN CONNEXION WITH MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE.Chapter XIII · STATISTICS OF SUICIDE.Chapter XIV · APPEARANCES PRESENTED AFTER DEATH IN THOSE WHO HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE.Chapter XV · SINGULAR CASES OF SUICIDE.Chapter XV · SINGULAR CASES OF SUICIDE. (continued 2)Chapter XVI · CAN SUICIDE BE PREVENTED BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS?—INFLUENCE OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.—CONCLUSION.FOOTNOTES:Previous chapter ←Chapter XVI · CAN SUICIDE BE PREVENTED BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS?—INFLUENCE OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.—CONCLUSION.End of this editionAll chapters and sections (22)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACE.ERRATA.Chapters12344567891011121314151516Other sectionsFOOTNOTES:T. C. Savill, Printer, 107, St. Martin’s Lane, Charing Cross.◇← CHAPTER XVI. CAN SUICIDE BE PREVENTED BY LEGISLATIVE ENACTMENTS?—INFLUENCE OF MORAL INSTRUCTION.—CONCLUSION.