Death By Sawing
The execution by sawing was a method of execution used in Europe under the Roman Empire, in Spain, and in parts of Asia. At least one source states that the method was probably never used. The condemned were hung upside-down and sawn apart vertically through the middle, starting at the groin. Since the body was inverted, the brain received a continuous supply of blood despite severe bleeding, consciousness thereby continuing until, or after, the saw severed the major blood vessels of the abdomen.
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