Citation

Mukaida M, Kimura H, Takada Y. Forensic Sci. Int. 1998; 93(1): 5-11.

Affiliation

Department of Forensic Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9618906

Abstract

This case is one in which a baby was found dead, apparently drowned in a bathtub. To confirm the inhalation of bathwater, an extract taken from the baby's lungs was analyzed with high-performance liquid chromatography. Bathsalts contained in the bathwater were detected in the extract. Bathsalts are usually used in home bathtubs and, as a dye material, they contain fluorescein which is highly sensitive to detection. The presence of fluorescein in the lung tissue and in the other tissues greatly helps to confirm the bathwater drowning.

Language: en