Asphyxial suicide by inhalation of chloroform inside a plastic bag

• Published in: Journal of forensic and legal medicine Vol. 21; pp. 1 - 4
• Main Author: Zorro, Andres Rodriguez
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2014; Churchill Livingstone Inc., Medical Publishers
• Subjects: Administration, Inhalation; Adult; Asphyxia - etiology; Asphyxia - pathology; Chloroform; Chloroform - administration & dosage; Chloroform - analysis; Forensic Pathology; Forensic Toxicology; Gases; Humans; Hypnotics and Sedatives - administration & dosage; Hypnotics and Sedatives - analysis; Internet; Male; Pathology; Plastic bag asphyxia; Plastics; Suffocation; Suicide; Suicides & suicide attempts; Unconsciousness - chemically induced; Vitreous Body - chemistry; Young Adult; Young adults; Plastic bag asphyxia; Chloroform; Suicide; Suffocation

Asphyxia suicide by placing a plastic bag over the head in addition with inhalation of gases or use of sedative substances is an unusual method of committing suicide, but frequently referenced by right to die groups in the Internet. This article reports 2 suicides in which chloroform was used to ind...