In The Doctor Prescribed Death, we delve into the mind of Professor Antonio Basile, a psychologist with a controversial theory that intertwines the concepts of suicide and murder. The story opens with Basile passionately defending his hypothesis to his skeptical editor, Hellman, who dismisses it as mere conjecture. Frustrated and determined to validate his theory, Basile storms out of the office, vowing to prove that a person on the brink of suicide can be manipulated into committing murder. This obsession drives him to a bridge notorious for suicides, where he encounters a young woman, Gladys Tanner, poised to leap into the abyss.