VALÉORINE London

suicide weapon

suicide weapon is a weapon.

Contents

Identity

What the record establishes about suicide weapon.

Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James. is dated 1798 and held by Wellcome Collection. A woman with top of head removed seated in a highbacked chair with a bottle and gun at her feet is dated 29 December 1966 and held by Wellcome Collection. The Routledge international handbook of mad studies / edited by Peter Beresford and Jasna Russo. is dated 2022 and held by Wellcome Collection. Ending ageism, or how not to shoot old people / Margaret Morganroth Gullette. is dated [2017] and held by Wellcome Collection. Index cards of pathological investigations conducted by Spilsbury is dated 1905-1946 and held by Wellcome Collection. Brilliant imperfection : grappling with cure / Eli Clare. is dated 2017 and held by Wellcome Collection.

"Do'nt do it Mr Wilson" is dated 23 October 1967 and held by Wellcome Collection. Wellcome Collection records 7 objects associated with this heading. suicide weapon is classified as a weapon or suicide method.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

3 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Suicide bombings: homicidal killing or a weapon of war?, Life as a Weapon, 2014. Suicide bombings: homicidal killing or a weapon of war?, Suicide Bombings, 2011. Japan's "Secret" Weapon: Suicide, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1945.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 10 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Within the Encyclopedia

suicide weapon is connected to 4 other published records in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.

As broader term: doomsday device, explosive belt, Kaiten-class human torpedo and Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka.

Chronology

  1. 1798Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James. is dated 1798 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  2. 1798Charles James, seated at his desk with candles burning, contemplating suicide, holds a pistol to his mouth. Engraving by W. Skelton after C.R. Ryley after C. James. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1905Index cards of pathological investigations conducted by Spilsbury is dated 1905-1946 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  4. 1905Index cards of pathological investigations conducted by Spilsbury (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1966A woman with top of head removed seated in a highbacked chair with a bottle and gun at her feet is dated 29 December 1966 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  6. 1966A woman with top of head removed seated in a highbacked chair with a bottle and gun at her feet (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1967"Do'nt do it Mr Wilson" is dated 23 October 1967 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  8. 1967"Do'nt do it Mr Wilson" (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 2017Ending ageism, or how not to shoot old people / Margaret Morganroth Gullette. is dated [2017] and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 2017Brilliant imperfection : grappling with cure / Eli Clare. is dated 2017 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  11. 2017Ending ageism, or how not to shoot old people / Margaret Morganroth Gullette. (Wellcome Collection).
  12. 2017Brilliant imperfection : grappling with cure / Eli Clare. (Wellcome Collection).
  13. 2022The Routledge international handbook of mad studies / edited by Peter Beresford and Jasna Russo. is dated 2022 and held by Wellcome Collection.

Connections

Each connection was recorded deliberately, with the basis for it kept on the internal record.

Broader subject

  • body cavity bombTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • doomsday deviceTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • explosive beltTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • Kaiten-class human torpedoTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

  • Yokosuka MXY-7 OhkaTerminology

    Established from a fact already recorded on a verified source.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Introduction: life as a weapon, Life as a Weapon, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  2. 2.

    Japan's "Secret" Weapon: Suicide, PsycEXTRA Dataset, 1945

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  3. 3.

    Suicide bombings: homicidal killing or a weapon of war?, Life as a Weapon, 2014

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  4. 4.

    Suicide bombings: homicidal killing or a weapon of war?, Suicide Bombings, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

    Consult the source
  5. 5.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming suicide weapon.

    open access index · Unverified

    Consult the source
  6. 6.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 7 works naming suicide weapon.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

    Consult the source
  7. 7.

    “Suicide weapon”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    Consult the source
  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q7635414: suicide weapon

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Consult the source

Elsewhere in Militaria

6,095 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

Best supported in this field

Read the complete militaria index

For owners

Own an object connected with suicide weapon?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.

Request a valuationHow selling works