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At 5:30 a.m. June 28th in 1905, a murderer named Languille lost his head on the guillotine in Orleans.
Some thirty seconds later, he finally lost his life — or so suggests the account of an eyewitness who conducted upon Languille’s head one of the most renowned execution experiments in history in pursuit of that timeless question whether a decapitated head survives.

This is the report of Dr. Beaurieux in full:


I consider it essential for you to know that Languille displayed an extraordinary sang-froid and even courage from the moment when he was told, that his last hour had come, until the moment when he walked firmly to the scaffold. It may well be, in fact, that the conditions for observation, and consequently the phenomena, differ greatly according to whether the condemned persons retain all their sang-froid and are fully in control of themselves, or whether they are in such state of physical and mental prostration that they have to be carried to the place of execution, and are already half-dead, and as though paralysed by the appalling anguish of the fatal instant.
The head fell on the severed surface of the neck and I did not therefor have to take it up in my hands, as all the newspapers have vied with each other in repeating; I was not obliged even to touch it in order to set it upright. Chance served me well for the observation, which I wished to make.
Here, then, is what I was able to note immediately after the decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds. This phenomenon has been remarked by all those finding themselves in the same conditions as myself for observing what happens after the severing of the neck …
I waited for several seconds. The spasmodic movements ceased. The face relaxed, the lids half closed on the eyeballs, leaving only the white of the conjunctiva visible, exactly as in the dying whom we have occasion to see every day in the exercise of our profession, or as in those just dead. It was then that I called in a strong, sharp voice: “Languille!” I saw the eyelids slowly lift up, without any spasmodic contractions –- I insist advisedly on this peculiarity –- but with an even movement, quite distinct and normal, such as happens in everyday life, with people awakened or torn from their thoughts.
Next Languille’s eyes very definitely fixed themselves on mine and the pupils focused themselves. I was not, then, dealing with the sort of vague dull look without any expression, that can be observed any day in dying people to whom one speaks: I was dealing with undeniably living eyes which were looking at me. After several seconds, the eyelids closed again, slowly and evenly, and the head took on the same appearance as it had had before I called out.
It was at that point that I called out again and, once more, without any spasm, slowly, the eyelids lifted and undeniably living eyes fixed themselves on mine with perhaps even more penetration than the first time. The there was a further closing of the eyelids, but now less complete. I attempted the effect of a third call; there was no further movement -– and the eyes took on the glazed look which they have in the dead.
I have just recounted to you with rigorous exactness what I was able to observe. The whole thing had lasted twenty-five to thirty seconds

tayto lover wrote: »

The little hard pointy bit at the end of a shoelace is called an Aglet.

How many times did you encounter an escutcheon today?

The last execution by guillotine in France took place in 1977.

It was the last execution in the EU.

EndaHonesty wrote: »

The EU didn't come into existence until 1993.


it is a thread about facts...

Last in the EU or any previous version thereof then.

sbsquarepants wrote: »

If something has changed, then something else must have powered that change, no?
How could things just suddenly be different, without some sort of effort having first been made to bring about that change?

Newtonian notions of mechanical power don't apply to spacetime, it's simply "beyond" lower level physics where things like power, etc apply. It doesn't require anything else to power its change. It simply shapes itself in accordance with the matter inside it, but the matter doesn't "power" its shaping.

All the years I thought deep heat was some kind of magic spray. Yet all it does is distract you from the pain deeper below the skin

sharpey85 wrote: »

All the years I thought deep heat was some kind of magic spray. Yet all it does is distract you from the pain deeper below the skin

It heats up the area you spray it on.

Heat can help muscles get looser by dilating blood vessels and heating the muscle

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote: »

Have you a source for this, as I learned that the chemicals worked into the muscles, generated heat that loosened the muscles and therefore eased the pain.

A physio once told me that Deep Heat works by increasing bloodflow to the area and thus takes away toxins which relieves the pain.

Disclaimer: She could've been talking through her hoop for all I know

Anders Shy Aircraft wrote:

Have you a source for this, as I learned that the chemicals worked into the muscles, generated heat that loosened the muscles and therefore eased the pain.

First thing that comes up if you Google "how does deep heat work"