Suspension without a knot in the noose.
Most deaths by hanging are due to self-suspension. This may be carried out by a wide variety of methods, but a typical method of self-suspension is to attach a thin rope to a high point such as a ceiling beam. A 35-year-old woman committed suicide by hanging, where the ligature employed was not a typical knotted noose but instead an open iron chain anchored to the ceiling above.
Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, J.S.S University, India.
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D000328:Adult; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000473:pathology*; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D013405:Suicide
hanging; knot; ligature material; noose; suicide