In 1905, Henri Lanval was executed in France. With the help of the good old guillotine. Maybe, of course, not too kind, but in every way better than an electric chair.
One local doctor hurried up and conducted an experiment on a topic that interested everyone - whether the head lives separately from the body, and if so, how long and in what capacity in relation to the former body and the personality of the owner.
In a note written on the trail of a remarkable experiment, they say that the deceased, when they began to shout his name in his ear, opened his eyes twice. I didn't go to the third.
I must say that with chicken this experiment is much more cheerful. The head, however, does not blink, but the body runs, so you can stay without soup if you hesitate.
In the photo, it seems like the same execution, about which in the note. Even Wikipedia agrees. And I believe in principle. Another thing is that the further I look at all sorts of photos, videos and other visual historical documents, the more I understand that at least half of them can be set to any year from the bulldozer to the 60s. The main thing is to tie it to the place. Because in reality, until the 60s, the world was full of places that were no different from the middle of the 19th century. Slightly away from the city, and if not signed, then it is almost impossible to determine what, outside the window, the number and century.
Well, in general, this is me again about the difficulties of life of world-famous Chronolozhians.
The guillotine, by the way, was last used for its intended purpose during the execution in 1977. And publicly, as in the photograph, this was stopped only a couple of years before the Second World War in 1939.
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What do we think when we remember the guillotine? That's right - a medieval adaptation, which humane mankind abandoned even under the king of peas.