1763 LOUIS, Antoine (1723 – 1792)

Mémoire sur une question anatomique relative à la jurisprudence; dans lequel on établit les principes pour distinguer, à l’inspection d’un corps trouvé pendu, les signes du suicide d’avec ceux de l’assassinat.

Louis was a pioneer of French medical jurisprudence. Above is a classic discussion on the differential signs of murder and suicide in cases of hanging.

GMN 1730 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3032

1777 HUME, David (1711 – 1776)

Two essays. [Essay I. Of suicide]

Of suicide, "probably the most widely read and most influential philosophical treatment of suicide written in modern times," was written in 1755 and originally intended to be published as one of five essays, including…

GMN 10347 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12539

1840 WINSLOW, Forbes Benignus (1810 – 1874)

The anatomy of suicide.

An effort to demonstrate that most suicides are not criminal but are victims of mental disease. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

GMN 13249 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15514

1856 BRIERRE DE BOISMONT, Alexandre-Jacques-François (Brière de Boismont) (1797 – 1881)

Du suicide et de la folie suicide, considérés dans leur rapports avec la statistique, la médecine et la philosophie.

Pioneering monograph on this subject. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 10458 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/12651

1927 ROST, Hans (1877 – 1970)

Bibliographie des Selbstmords mit textlichen Einführungen zu Jedem Kapitel.

Approaches the literature of suicide from many points of view including philosophical, medical, psychological, religious, literary, and artistic, as well as topics like family suicide, mass suicide and euthanasia, fro…

GMN 7698 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/9870