TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1973//
TI  - Abortion using a bicycle pump on the mistress and unusual suicide of a blind man
JO  - Beitrage zur Gerichtlichen Medizin
A1  - Holzer, F. J.
SP  - 187
EP  - 196
VL  - 30
IS  - 
N2  - 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>
LA  - de
SN  - 0067-5016
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -