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Man Commits Suicide by Supergluing Mouth Shut
Posted By:
~*sShimmeRr*~
in Adelaide, Australia
Jun 17, 2005
 This one takes the cake! At first i thought it was a joke, but this fella really went out the uneasy way! Check it out:

"A young Thai man said to be suffering from stress killed himself by sealing his mouth and nose with super glue, police said Thursday.

The body of Komkrit Choochan, 20, was found Thursday morning in his bedroom in downtown Bangkok, police Lt. Col. Mongkol Nanthajit said. He said the victim, thought to have suffocated overnight, had his mouth and nose sealed with super glue, which prevented him from breathing.

It was believed to be the first suicide of its kind in Thailand.

Komkrit's family told police he had a history of moodiness. They said he argued with his elder sister on Wednesday over money she borrowed from him and failed to return, after which he went into the bedroom where his body was found 10 hours later.

A note saying "Here is all that I have, take what you please," was found on the dead man's bed along with 1,000 baht (US$24.42, €20.22 ) in cash, Mongkol said."
Category: Death; Replies: 67

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David B.
Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 07:20 AM
Isn't arguing about cyanoacrylate poisoning in this case a little like arguing about lead poisoning when someone shoots himself in the head?

Now that's just stupid...

1) A close range head-shot is almost certain to be a 'through-and-through' so there wouldn't be any lead left in the body to cause poisoning.

2) It completely neglects the possibility that the bullet was copper, nickel or steel jacketed.

3) Surely the bleeding out of the wound would carry any toxins away?

4) If lead was poisonous they wouldn't put it in pencils used by little children. Duh!

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[Um, do I really need to point out I am jesting?]
Charybdis
in Hell
 Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 07:50 AM
Just a quick comment.

Bobo/Doogifer/Cenitina/Cinderella's Anus/Taranchoola - posting under different user names to support your argument only makes you look like a fool. Pick one and stick to it, if not I'll pick one for you and close the others.
Accipiter
Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 08:10 AM
Doogifer (aka Boba, aka Cinderella's Anus, aka Taranchoola, aka Centinia), my previous points hold valid. Some forms of cyanoacrylate (namely butyl and octyl cyanoacrylates) are approved by the FDA for medical use, because they are long-chain producing and thus have minimal toxicity. Superglues that you buy in stores have such cyanoacrylates as methyl cyanoacryalte in them, which were rejected for medical use due to toxicity. Look in the following articles:

Dermatologic Surgery Vol. 28 Issue 3 March 2002 Page 263: A Liquid Adhesive Bandage for the Treatment of Minor Cuts and Abrasions, by William H Eaglstein MD, Tory P Sullivan MD, Philip A Giordano MD, FAAEM, Barry M Miskin MD, FACS

Journal of Polymer Science, Part A 1989: Polymer Chemistry, vol 27, page 1967 (1989)

Penoff J. Skin closures using cyanoacrylate tissue adhesives. Plastic Surgery Educational Foundation DATA Committee. Device and Technique Assessment. Plast Reconstr Surg 1999;103:730
Accipiter
Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 08:10 AM
Ah, I see Charybdis beat me to the draw in noticing all those aliases.
Accipiter
Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 08:18 AM
Has nobody seen any other cases of people killing themselves with superglue? I haven't found anything. This Thai guy seems to be rather original. I wonder how many people will try copying him, now?
Doogifer
Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 04:56 PM
Superglue is not toxic.
Winona
in USA
 Member
Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 | 05:21 PM
Doogie, why don't you just give up now?
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