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    Suicidal smothering is possible by burying one's face in a mattress or bed clothing to obstruct breathing through the nose and mouth, and is often seen in mentally ill patients or prisoners. While cut-throat wounds may completely sever the trachea, the obstruction of soft tissues in the throat can also lead to suffocation. Suicidal suffocation can also be achieved by placing a plastic bag over one's head.

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    Suicide by Smothering

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    Suicidal smothering is possible by burying one's face in a mattress or bed clothing to obstruct breathing through the nose and mouth, and is often seen in mentally ill patients or prisoners. While cut-throat wounds may completely sever the trachea, the obstruction of soft tissues in the throat can also lead to suffocation. Suicidal suffocation can also be achieved by placing a plastic bag over one's head.

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    Suicidal smothering methods and their impossibility

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    Suicidal smothering is possible by burying one's face in a mattress or bed clothing to obstruct breathing through the nose and mouth, and is often seen in mentally ill patients or prisoners. While cut-throat wounds may completely sever the trachea, the obstruction of soft tissues in the throat can also lead to suffocation. Suicidal suffocation can also be achieved by placing a plastic bag over one's head.

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    Suicide by Smothering: Suicidal smothering by the hand is impossible.

    Suicide is possible by
    burying the face in a mattress or lying against the bed clothing to obstruct the nose and the
    mouth, it is usually seen in the mental patients or prisoners. Sometimes, in cut-throat wounds, the
    trachea may be completely cut and the soft parts may obstruct the trachea and the victim is
    smothered. Suicidal suffocation can be effected by tying a polythene or similar bag over the head

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