TY - JOUR PY - 1929// TI - Ureteral stricture as a cause of attempted suicide JO - Annals of internal medicine A1 - Bernstein, Mitchell SP - 682 EP - 684 VL - 2 IS - 7 N2 - In view of Hunner's teaching of the possibility of ureteral stricture simulating a variety of acute and chronic abdominal conditions, the following case report of attempted suicide due to the pain of an ureteral stricture, I believe, is of more than academic interest. Case Report:-- C. R., aged 44, female, married, was admitted to the Jewish Hospital on May 2, 1928, in an unconscious condition as a consequence of illuminating gas poisoning, the gas being taken with suicidal intent. After resuscitation, the patient stated that she attempted suicide since she has suffered unbearable abdominal pain, from which she was unable...

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