Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-05-19 | Page 2 | Dies with Hundred Physicians Close

DIES WITH HUNDRED . PHYSICIANS CLOSE NEW ORLEANS, U. May J9. After being told that she was suffering from an incurable disease ' at a clinic of the ' Charity hospital this morning. Lena Las-sique, Las-sique, aged S4, walked outside the room and - swallowed carbolic acid. She was discovered lying in the .hallway a few moments later and was carried into a ward. Although all the physicians) at " work m the clinic worked, on her, she died inside of an hour. This is the first time in the history of .. ' the Charity hospital that any one committed com-mitted suicide within its walls, with a hundred physicians within calling distance. dis-tance. - - The woman had traveled over a hundred hun-dred miles to get expert opinion on her condition. . -