strangulation

Partial vesicular and interstitial emphysema adjacent to

areas of increased blood content and hemorrhages have

repeatedly been described (Puppe, 1907). According to

Schrader (1940), interstitial emphysema can be observed

especially in cases of smothering; this has also been reported

by other authors (Walcher, 1950; Mueller, 1953; Prokop,

1975; Brinkmann et al. [2]). Irregularly distributed venous

hyperemia and hemorrhages have, among many authors,

been described by von Hofmann (1903), Lochte (1905),

Maschka (1881), Böhmig (1930) and Reuter (1930, 1933).

Reuter suggested that focal hemorrhagic edema should be

typical especially of slow asphyxial deaths, which was later

corroborated by Schrader strangulation studies

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