Hanging

Hanging is a form of execution, or a method for suicide.

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In England the short drop method was used until the Nineteenth century until the more humane long-drop was introduced which caused the breaking of the neck (cervical fracture)

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The short drop caused death by the following ways

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• closing the airway
• closing the carotid arteries
• closing the jugular veins
• carotid reflex (which reduces heartbeat when the pressure in the carotid arteries is high) causing cardiac arrest

This could be a protracted affair and was primarily for the entertainment of the watching public, the struggling of the victim giving rise to such terms as "the hangman's hornpipe".

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Hanging: Grammar ►



 

Execution: Execution is a synonym for the actioning of something, of putting something into effect. E.g. the execution of a contract or a financial trade is the point at which it becomes blinding.Execution (legal) is the act of putting a person to death, according to judicial process. The same term is also s...

Suicide: Suicide (from Latin sui caedere, to kill oneself) is the act of willfully ending one's own life; it is sometimes a noun for one who has committed or attempted the act....




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