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A Case of Sexual Asphyxia Without Fatal Termination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John S. Edmondson
John S. Edmondson*
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N. Lincs. Area; ‘Narnia’, Keddington, near Louth, Lincolnshire
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The sexual asphyxias have, in the past, often been described by forensic pathologists after an apparently accidental death has brought the condition to light. The following case is exceptional in that it came to light before a fatality occurred and suggests that intense self-punitive tendencies may play a part in some cases.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 121 , Issue 563 , October 1972 , pp. 437 - 438
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1972 

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References

1. Brittain, R. P. (1968). ‘The Sexual Asphyxias.’ in Gradwohl's Legal Medicine, 2nd edition. Ch. 35.Google Scholar
2. Usher, A. (1963). ‘Accidental hanging in relation to abnormal sexual practices.’ Newcastle Medical Journal, xxvii, 234.Google Scholar
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