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1 Breaking the Oath Keith Barry , 1927 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australian Woman's Mirror , 24 May vol. 3 no. 26 1927; (p. 7, 56)

A young doctor diagnoses himself as suffering from tuberculosis. He is afraid of infecting his fianceé and asks an older colleague to assist him to end his life before she returns from holiday. His friend agrees to help him, but he is wiser than the young man realises.

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