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Doctors from the Medical Association of Mainz conduct an experiment on executed bodies

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Doctors from the Medical Association of Mainz conduct an experiment on executed bodies, 1803. After claims that a head still retained its senses two hours after decapitation two doctors remained beneath the scaffold and examined the decapitated heads following execution by the guillotine, they obtained no response from the heads and demonstrated that life was extinct and death instantaneous. From Les Merveilles de la Science, published 1870.

Date

20e siècle

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Photo12/UIG/Design Pics/Ken Welsh

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UMG20B19_101

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NA

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Droits gérés

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50,0Mo (4,9Mo) / 30,3cm x 41,4cm / 3577 x 4889 (300dpi)

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Doctors Medical Association Mainz Conduct Experiment Executed Bodies 1803 Claims Head Retained Senses Two Hours After Decapitation Beneath Scaffold Examined Decapitated Heads Execution Guillotine No Response Demonstrated Life Extinct Death Instantaneous France French 19th Nineteenth Century Historical History Illustration Science Scientific Scientist Doctors Medical Association Mainz Conduct Experiment Executed Bo