“…In 1954 Bluthner (4) reported such a case of overdose and at the same time referred to the six cases already published [l, 2 (2 cases), 7, 8 (2 cases)]. In 1955 a case was reported from Germany (1 1) and in 1959 two from France (5,6). All these persons had taken a large dose of insulin with suicidal intent.…”