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Author, MonographicDietzsch, Emil, 1829-1890
Title, Monographic"Crowner's Quest." Three annual reports of Emil Dietzsch, Coroner of Cook County, Chicago, Ill.
Place of PublicationChicago
PublisherLegal News Co. Print
Date of Publication1878
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Abstract"Among the many suicides who during the last year have ended their miserable existence, persons of German birth have again been by far the most numerous. . . . The habitual use of beer seems to have a tendency to direct their psychological ailments into the form of a metamorphosis from phlegmatic ease to melancholy, and finally, suicidal mania. This, however, is, of course, nothing but a vague supposition, and the peculiar frequency of suicide among the Germans may have psychological reasons totally different."
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MKI TermsCoroners -- Illinois -- Cook County/ Chicago (Ill.)/ German Americans/ Suicide/ Death -- Causes --Statistics