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Hammond Edward "Ham" Fisher (September 24, 1900 [some sources indicate 1901] – December 27, 1955) was an American comic strip writer and cartoonist. He is best known for his long, popular run on Joe Palooka , which was launched in 1930 and ranked as one of the top five newspaper comics strips for several years.
— Link to PDF of data source (from bottom of Table 1) Technical description: — height of bar shows lethality (percent of time a suicide attempt results in death) — width of bar shows percent of time each method is used in a suicide attempt — by implication, the area of each bar represents the total number of lethal attempts for each method
Joe Palooka is an American comic strip about a heavyweight boxing champion, created by cartoonist Ham Fisher.The strip debuted on April 19, 1930 [1] and was carried at its peak by 900 newspapers.
The book rates more than a dozen methods of euthanasia according to reliability and peacefulness scales. Strategies covered by the books include: the use of gases such as nitrogen , poisons such as carbon monoxide , prescription drugs such as insulin and the opiates , and former prescription drugs such as the barbiturates . [ 2 ]
A suicide booth is a fictional machine for committing suicide. Suicide booths appear in numerous fictional settings, one of which is the American animated series Futurama. Compulsory self-execution booths were also featured in an episode of the original Star Trek TV series entitled "A Taste of Armageddon". The concept can be found as early as 1893.
The suicide bag with inert gas method was originally developed by John Hofsess and the NuTech group, which consisted of Hofsess, Derek Humphry, engineers and physicians. [9] In the book Final Exit by Derek Humphry, a suicide bag was described as a large plastic bag with an adjustable velcro strip around the neck.
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Author: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Short title: Suicide Prevention Resource for Action; Date and time of digitizing: 03:33, 26 October 2022