Citation

Mabin D. Hist. Sci. Med. 1998; 32(1): 81-83.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Les Editions de Médecine Pratique)

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Abstract

Victor Segalen, born in Brest in 1878, naval physician and writer, died in Huelgoat forest, in Brittany. Accident or self-murder? After analysis of his personality, psychic antecedents, events of his death, and evidences of friends, his suicide seems probable. It is possible that Yvonne, his wife, and Hélène Hilpert, a woman-friend, expected this end. The accident was asserted. Comparison with death of his heroes reinforces suicide hypothesis.

Language: fr

Keywords

article; France; history; History, 20th Century; literature; Literature; medicine; Naval Medicine; suicide; Suicide