Note 1 — Chapter I · INTRODUCTION Summary of Opinions on the Nature of Man

310Since A. Wagner’s classical work, “Ueber die Gesetzmässigkeit der scheinbar wilkürlichen menschlichen Handlungen,” suicide has been discussed by many authors. The most recent contribution to the subject is the important monograph by Westergaard, “Die Lehre von der Mortalitæt u. Morbiditæt,” Second Edition, Jena, 1901.