Citation

Bruce AM, Oliver JS, Smith H. Am. Educ. Res. J. 1977; 9(3): 205-207.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1977, American Educational Research Association, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

863353

Abstract

Post-mortem tissues from a thiopentone suicide were analysed by ultraviolet spectrometry and gas chromatography. The thiopentone concentrations found (0.6 mg/100 ml of blood and 2 6 mg/100 g of tissue) are consistent with those reported for 'anaesthetic' deaths where only thiopentone and other anaesthetic agents were present. The gas chromatographic method gave more accurate result with the tissues.

Language: en