Double ‘Suicide’ by Chloroform in a Pair of Twins
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Medicine, Science and the Law
- Vol. 21 (1) , 2-3
- https://doi.org/10.1177/002580248102100102
Abstract
A case of double suicide by chloroform in a pair of twins is described. At autopsy a diffuse and severe visceral congestion was noted, together with pulmonary oedema. Microscopically, an initial centrilobular liver steatosis was observed. The results of the toxicological analyses were the following: brain 50.4 ppm and 156 ppm respectively; liver 16.2 and 86.2 ppm; blood 30 ppm and 40 ppm; gastric content: chloroform absent in both cases.Keywords
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