Dental anesthetic death. An unusual autoerotic episode.
The details of an unusual autoerotic death are presented; the postulated method of induction of cerebral hypoxia was inhalation of nitrous oxide from a dental anesthetic machine; the theme of dental anesthesia, presumably an elaborate bondage fetish, recurred in documentary material found at the scene.
Leadbeatter
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Department of Forensic Pathology, Royal Infirmary, Cardiff, England.
D002423:Cause of Death; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000139:chemically induced*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000506:poisoning*; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders
D009609:Nitrous Oxide