Two cases of suicidal electrocution.
Two cases of suicidal electrocution are presented: one using a household lamp, the other using a homemade electrocution machine. The mechanisms of death and the histologic changes in electrocution are discussed.
Lake County Coroner's Office, Painesville, Ohio, USA. wxb4@cwru.edu
William Z
WZ
Bligh-Glover
Frank P
FP
Miller
Elizabeth K
EK
Balraj
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001494:Baths; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D004556:Electric Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013405:Suicide