title: An unusual accidental death from reverse suspension.
abstract: Deaths involving prolonged suspension head downwards have received little or no attention in the English-language literature, doubtless because they are extremely rare. An example, involving alcoholic intoxication as the sole complicating factor, is reported. The mechanism of death is also considered since this is plainly a subject of some interest and likely to provoke further thought and discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Edinburg Medical School, Scotland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Purdue
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology*