p. 11 | Suicides in France

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Nov 26, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 46.

Suicides in France

Suicides in France.—According to the Journal of the American Medical Association, these are constantly increasing. In 1901 the number was 8,818,—6,809 men and 2,009 women. In 1910 the total number was 9,819, and this the journal tells us is evidently less than the total number, for there are many suicides never noted by the authorities. The suicide rate is 25 per 100,000, three times what it was seventy years ago. The rate is increasing among children less than sixteen.

At a meeting of surgeons in New York City, one of the new methods of surgical work was the nailing of a hip together with spikes and a hammer. Sterilized steel spikes were used, and when the bone knits together the spikes will be withdrawn.

A race war is reported from Fort Stockton, Texas, under date of November 9, between Mexicans and Americans. The cause was a week's drinking and gambling debauch. The center of it was a saloon, the only saloon for miles around.