He hadn't yet figured out how to live without human blood and Carlisle is too compassionate and good to kill anyone so he tried futilely to starve himself in order to save the people from himself. But thank god he did find a way o live without killing people. Does that make sense?
not eating and starving himself
It is hard to kill a vampire and when he tried to starve himself he couldn't help it when those animals passes by,one of the only things that can kill a vampire is to set them on fire or rip them up with teeth but i don't think that he could do that to himself.
Bethenie Korn: Starvation, jumping from incredible heights, drown himself in the ocean
starve
In the first and second book it's mentioned he tries to jump off a cliff, and drown himself, but was left unsuccessful. Even his partner/wife Esme jumped off the cliff but before she was turned human by Carlise.
he tried to starve himself, drown himself, and jump off a cliff. he did not try to commit suicide by making himself bleed to death.
He tried to drown himself, throw himself off buildings and large heights and starve himself.
At first when he knew what he was, he went into a dark tunnel and hid himself in alot of potatoes. Then he tried to drown himself, starve to death,and he tried to kill himself by other things I can't remember
to try and kill sasukeche actually turned himself into a major bomb
His name was Lonnie and Edward wanted to kill him but Carlisle said no and Carlisle took Lonnie to a state where he was wanted for rape and murder and turned him in
Horrified at what he had become, Carlisle tried killing himself many different ways, but all failed due to his vampire power and strength. One night, unable to endure hunger any longer, he fed on some passing deer. By doing this, he realised he could avoid feeding on humans, and so he committed himself to resisting his blood lust and to becoming a doctor, to look after humans (which is also something which vampires usually do not do. Vampires usually want to hurt humans, not heal them.)
He didn't die at all. his father was a minister and he was part of a mob chasing a vampire when the vampire bit him but before it could kill him the mob chased away the vampire and carlisle crawled into an alley where he turned into a vampire.