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http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2759048&page=1
Actually sounds fairly humane:
"If it's done right, what happens is that the weight of the body as it falls basically yanks the neck to one side," he said. "So the axis is either severely damaged or cuts the spinal cord."
"As soon as this happens, it's just like a guillotine."
Severing the spinal cord would have brought about a condition known as spinal shock. Lyle says spinal shock is the physiological equivalent of a total power outage.
Actually sounds fairly humane:
"If it's done right, what happens is that the weight of the body as it falls basically yanks the neck to one side," he said. "So the axis is either severely damaged or cuts the spinal cord."
"As soon as this happens, it's just like a guillotine."
Severing the spinal cord would have brought about a condition known as spinal shock. Lyle says spinal shock is the physiological equivalent of a total power outage.
