@article{ref1,
title="Abortion using a bicycle pump on the mistress and unusual suicide of a blind man",
journal="Beitrage zur Gerichtlichen Medizin",
year="1973",
author="Holzer, F. J.",
volume="30",
number="",
pages="187-196",
abstract="In Tyrol a case of fatal air embolism after an abortion attempt with a bicycle pump, performed by a blind man who later committed suicide, is described. The bicycle tube was inserted into the vagina and air and a soapy solution were pumped in. Autopsies revealed internal bleeding, gas embolisms in the veins of the ovaries and heart, a bloody foamy liquid in the lungs, and an intact 14 cm male fetus. 3 similar cases of fatal air embolisms after abortion attempts with bicycle pumps are described. In 1 case a soapy solution had been injected. Abortion attempts with a pipe and a rubber catheter, reported here, also resulted in rapidly fatal air embolisms. In 1 case death occurred a few seconds after a partner blew air with his mouth into his pregnant mistress' vagina. It is concluded that under some conditions filling the vagina with air (tightly) can cause fatal air embolisms.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0067-5016",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}