“A delivery driver died from inhaling chloroform through a Soviet bio-war mask, an inquest at Newport has heard. Christopher Harris, 47, from Newport, practised a dominant and submissive sex relationship which involved pain. He was found by his friend Debra Keylock alone in his bed ’stiff and ice-cold’ and still wearing the mask. The coroner said Mr Harris enjoyed what many considered deviant sexual practices. A misadventure verdict was recorded. The inquest heard that the father-of-three practised ‘breath play’ which involved breath deprivation and the restriction of air with Ms Keylock, whom he met regularly. But Ms Keylock gave evidence to the inquest that Mr Harris sometimes practised this alone against her wishes. He also discussed buying chloroform which she did not like, the inquest heard. When she found him dead in October 2007, he was wearing the mask which was attached by tubes to a breathing bottle and a breather bag. Ms Keylock said Mr Harris’s fetish was to take pain and he would take breath play ‘not quite to the last breath’. The hoods and masks they used had an emergency release mechanism on them which meant it would only take half a second to release them, the inquest heard. Det Con Carl Smith told the inquest that a number of items had been seized and the scene of Mr Harris’s death examined but there was no evidence of any third-party involvement or foul play.” — BBC (UK)

(Thanks to Chad for the link.)

It is always unfortunate when, in pursuit of pleasure, somebody slips over the edge and kills himself. It’s not much different than somebody dying while skydiving or training lions. You know that there is a risk involved. You figure that it’s manageable and that you’ll be cautious. And then you fuck off into the improbable, leaving a hole where you used to be.

When you hear of any sexual activity involving chloroform, it’s usually a rape. The fascinating study “Sexual Hallucinations During And After Sedation And Anaesthesia” notes that it wasn’t long after the discovery of anesthesia that people started trying to subdue their desiderata with it:

The first reported case of alleged sexual abuse during anesthesia occurred in Paris, France, in 1847. This was less than 1 yr after the first public demonstration of ether anesthesia in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 16, 1846. A Parisian dentist was accused of using ether to assist in sexually assaulting two girls on successive days.

It makes perfect sense. Anesthesia enables the rapist to render his victim passive. And, implicitly, it prevents him from endangering himself, at least physically.

Of course, that’s why chloroform is in less common use among masturbators. It’s dangerous. On one hand, it clouds your mind, impairs your judgement. Even if you use an inhaler with an “emergency release mechanism” that enables you to take it off in half a second, you may be too woozy to realize that you need to take it off. On the other hand, it poses a threat to the body. Especially if you don’t know what you’re doing, it’s easy to cross the line that separates euphoria from death. And if you think it’s romantic to slip off in a drug-induced abyss, think again. “Prolonged inhalation causes paralysis, cardiac and respiratory failure, and death.” There isn’t much sexy about that, especially if it’s happening to you.

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