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Suicide

Austria · Science / Psychology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1939

Sigmund Freud23 September 1939

London · Science / Psychology

A heavy cigar smoker, Freud endured more than 30 operations during his life due to oral cancer, he prevailes on his doctor and friend Max Schur to assist him in suicide

Names involved

Sigmund Freud

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