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thumb|Beheadings in an illumination from Jean Froissart|Froissart's Chronicles from the beginning of the 15th century – the execution of Guillaume Sans and his secretary in [[Bordeaux on the orders of Thomas Felton]] thumb|Perseus using the severed head of [[Medusa to turn King Polydectes to stone]] thumb|Depiction of an Ethiopian Empire|Ethiopian emperor executing people, 18th century Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. This injury is fatal to humans and all vertebrate animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood by way of severing the jugular vein and
Decapitation is the complete separation of the head from the body, an injury that is fatal to humans and all vertebrate animals because it cuts off the brain's supply of oxygenated blood. Historically, decapitation has been used as a method of execution across various cultures and time periods.
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Key facts
- Medical condition.name
- Decapitation
- Medical condition.image
- Decapitación de San Pablo - Simonet - 1887.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- The Beheading of Saint Paul. Painting by Enrique Simonet in 1887, Málaga Cathedral
- Medical condition.causes
- Deliberate (executions, murder or homicide, suicide); unintended (accidents)
- Medical condition.prognosis
- Invariably fatal
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Research
5,863 papers- Suicidal decapitation by hanging: A systematic review of the literature and comparison with case reports.Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Tomassini L, Gambelunghe C, Fedeli P et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2024.102464
- Decapitation in reality and fine art: A review.ReviewForensic science international · 2017Nikolić V, Savić S, Antunović V et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.09.014
- Train-related suicidal decapitation.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2021Woolery S, Prahlow JADOI: 10.1007/s12024-021-00396-8
- Incomplete decapitation in suicidal vehicle-assisted ligature strangulation: A case report and a review of the literature.ReviewLegal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) · 2024Lorenzoni M, Baldisser F, Del Balzo G et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.legalmed.2023.102378
- Vehicle-assisted ligature decapitation - an unusual case report.ReviewForensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Passos D, Duarte E, Andrade da Costa A et al.DOI: 10.1007/s12024-023-00744-w
- Decapitation in the long-necked Triassic marine reptile Tanystropheus.Current biology : CB · 2023Spiekman SNF, Mujal EDOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.04.027
- A case of complete decapitation in suicidal hanging : the mechanism and condition of decapitation.ReviewThe journal of medical investigation : JMI · 2023Ito A, Nushida H, Kurata H et al.DOI: 10.2152/jmi.70.290
- Decapitation.The Antiseptic · 1951MATHUR SC
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cause of death
- Subclass of
- execution
- Named after
- head
- Image
- Chinese to be beheaded in Nanking Massacre.jpg
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- Category:People executed by decapitation
- Commons category
- Decapitation
- P8168
- Amy Lowell
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- related category
- Category:People executed by decapitation
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