A study for tractor fans of a certain inclination, but not for everyone: “Suicidal Decapitation Using a Tractor Loader: A Case Report and Review of the Literature,” Stéphanie Racette, Truong Tho Vo, and Anny Sauvageau, Journal of Forensic Sciences, vol. 52, no. 1, 2007, pp. 192–4. [AIR 16:2] The authors explain: The head was recovered […]
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Off-With-Their-Heads Research News
Today’s Icky Research Item award (with echoes from earlier French and British work—see below) goes to this new Dutch study: “Decapitation in Rats: Latency to Unconsciousness and the ‘Wave of Death’“, Clementina M. van. Rijn, Hans Krijnen, Saskia Menting-Hermeling, Anton M. L. Coenen, PLoS ONE 6(1): e16514. (Thanks to investigator and LFHCfS member Holly Brothers […]