"Could you believe it possible that through such a night as this they choose to sleep under those wadded cotton coverl…"

"A death is attributed to asphyxia only when the asphyxia itself is the condition that directly causes the death.... A…"

"In the last two decades of the twentieth century, hundreds of people have died of carbon dioxide asphyxiation near vo…"

"Big handfuls of pills, munch em up. That peculiar blue cast of the fingernails following asphyxiation—in its final gr…"

"One of my favorite methods of escape was what amounts to gentle asphyxiation. I used a piece of cloth that I cut from…"

"This wasteful governing by fear, by contempt for the basic dignities of life, this steady asphyxiation of a dependent…"

"While the term asphyxia literally means without a pulse, modern usage limits its application to cases where the body …"

"If asphyxia is considered pathophysiologically, there are four stages where the transfer of oxygen can be compromised…"

"In smothering, blockage of the mouth and nose results in failure of oxygen to enter the lungs and reach the blood. ..…"

"Although drowning may be considered a specialized form of asphyxia in which environmental oxygen (air) is displaced b…"