How to Kill a Husband

"The number of women who deliberately set out to kill their husbands is surprisingly small," said Dr. Kenneth C. Hutchin last week in the British Medical Association's Family Doctor. "On the other hand, a great many wives could not polish them off better if they tried." Dr. Hutchin, 49, married and father of three, is a general practitioner in Hatfield, 18 miles north of London. He chides the wife who is forever disagreeing with her husband. "He may be wrong, he probably is, but why do you have to tell him? Men like to think they know best. Why not let them think it? It is not a very high price to pay for peace and security and good health."

Other Hutchin prescriptions: P: When a man goes home tired after a hard day's work, his wife should not start telling him her troubles--at least not until he has had a chance to relax with a drink.

P: Wives should watch their husbands' waistlines even more closely than their bank balances, and make sure husbands get some daily exercise even if it is only walking to the station. P: Wives who think their husbands are so tough they can take anything are bad enough, but when a man shares this illusion of his own toughness, the stage is set for disaster.

Anger and frustration are dangerous emotions for tired, middle-aged men likely to have heart or artery disease, concluded Dr. Hutchin, so "the wife who always insists on having the last word often has it."

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