SUFFOCATION by carbonic acid gas was first used in Paris. Closed charcoal stoves are common in France, and it is easy to destroy life by means of them in a small room. The practice is spreading in France, and has taken root in Germany also. I now subjoin tables of the means employed in England, Scotland, and Ireland, and in London, and in Europe generally. ENGLISH SUICIDES tabulated according to Means. ───────────────────────────┬─────────────┬───────────── │ 1881. │ 1882. MEANS, ├─────┬───────┼─────┬─────── │Male.│Female.│Male.│Female. ───────────────────────────┼─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── Railways and other vehicles│ 44 │ 6 │ 51 │ 5 Fire-arms │ 118 │ 4 │ 121 │ 2 Cut throat │ 279 │ 60 │ 264 │ 56 Cuts and stabs │ 16 │ 2 │ 23 │ 3 Falls from a height │ 27 │ 13 │ 20 │ 21 Burns, scalds, explosions │ 2 │ 1 │ 5 │ 0 Drowning │ 271 │ 172 │ 240 │ 179 Hanging │ 474 │ 111 │ 528 │ 120 Strangling │ 37 │ 12 │ 30 │ 9 Suffocation by vapours │ 2 │ 0 │ 0 │ 0 Poison │ 147 │ 81 │ 117 │ 111 Other causes │ 59 │ 17 │ 47 │ 13 ├─────┼───────┼─────┼─────── TOTAL │1,476│ 479 │1,446│ 519 └─────┴───────┴─────┴─────── SUICIDES in ENGLAND: Relative use of various POISONS.