| Show OP J The Tho Philadelphia Medical Journal that one of the results of ot our strenuous military operations In the Philippines Is la the tho suicidal mania that Ju broken out among the soldiers The Tho newspaper have hao published an nc count of ot tho suicide of ot a It lieutenant colonel while temporarily Insane and a tnt that this U Is the tenth army arm officer who has killed himself In the Philippine Islands Besides theta theo ten six are entered on the records as hav having ho hoIng ing met death by drowning In several nf or these the tho drowning Is believed to have been Intentional The causes cau e says lays the Journal are not difficult to trace The IM exposure to tropical heat tho fatigues the poor rood food the excesses and the long absence from home borne are arc the patent reasons for tor this unfortunate showing Forms of or In Insanity sanity such uch as melancholia and sla gla are not uncommon among soldiers o all countries and suicide U It one of ot their untoward results It IK III not Improbable that militarism has tAl a I tendency to Insanity and suicide Tho Th fact Is la that Is II on en tho Increase imd lias been bee for the last la t quarter of a n century not only In this county but everywhere In t Franco the rate Is III said ohl to have from 17 to 10 tt 21 per of or population and In Germany U U It Is nearly the same Tho rote rute has Increased during the some time Ume by 9 to t of or people in III Austria tl 17 fit III Hungary 1 18 In Scotland IS 16 In 11 S I In Ireland During the theten theten ten yew l rl from to Itt 1817 we are told over ont under IE n years of or age aito I killed themselves and 76 of ot ucro Tero girl Whether this Increase is II due to mill or not It U III singular that thal self destruction should become ome more gener geller general al L as a enlightenment Is diffused ami rilY becomes Universal I Enjoy Enjoyment mont ment ot life lite doe d not always S go with lIh education or In It Is Mid there to III no Increase in this form of or Insanity And yet d the common peo to topie pie there da d not Mt enjoy halt half the adan advantages that ate Mo so JI plentiful In other countries TAe world Is strange |
