A manual of medical jurisprudence for India : including the outline of a history of crime against the person in India / by Norman Chevers.

Date:
1870
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Credit: A manual of medical jurisprudence for India : including the outline of a history of crime against the person in India / by Norman Chevers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Page TORTURE.—{Continued). Torture in Families . . . .... 528 Schools . ........ S29 by Heat . . . . ... . . .530 . Hot Iron, &c. . ....... ib. as practised by Dacoits ....... 534 in Madras ...... 537, 541 Bombay . . . . . 538, 540 by Boiling Oil or Water . . . . . . .538 Ordeal by Heat 542 Torture by Cold ......... 543 suspension by Hands tied behind ..... 544 the Feet ....... 545 Hair 546 of Witches . . . . . . . . ib. by Red Pepper, &c. ........ 548 Confinement in a Cell with Quicklime ...... 549 Blinding with Bhela and Chuna . . . . . . ib. Torture by Stinging Nettles or Thorns ...... 551 Introduction of a Ruler, Stick, or other foreign body into the Vagina . . 552 similar bodies into the Rectum ..... 553 Straw or Wire into Urethra . 556 Compressing the Chest . ... . . . . ib. Compression by the Kittee, &c. ....... 558 Compressing and Pricking the Testicles . . . . . ib. Rubbing the face upon the Ground . . . . . . . 559 Binding the limbs and body with undue tightness . . . . ib. Twisting a rope round a limb ....... 560 The Bull's Hide Torture ........ ib. Binding or constraining the body in painful positions .... 561 The Stocks . . . . . . . . . ib. Gola Lathee Torture . . . . . . ... . 563 Placing stinging or gnawing Insects upon the Skin ..... 564 Exposing persons to be gnawed by Ants ...... 565 Sticking pins, &c, under the nails ....... 568 Keeping under Water ........ ib. Breaking the Teeth ......... ib. Pulling the Hair on both sides . . . . . ib. Beating the Joints ......... ib. Tortures which leave no marks ....... 569 Modes of inflicting Degradation and Mental Suffering .... 570 Cant phrases by which the several modes of Torture are known . . . 572 Note on Torture by the Old Bengal Police ...... 573 Historical parallel ......... 574 Indian Laws against Torture . ....... 575 ASPHYXIA . 576 STRANGULATION . . . . ib. Thuggee ............. ib. The appearances of Decomposition may be mistaken for those of Strangulation , 578 Did death occur from Strangulation or Cerebral Affection .... 580 Strangulation to be distinguished from Suicidal Hanging .... 582 Compressing the Throat with Hands, Knee, or Feet ..... 583 Compression of the Throat with Sticks, <fcc. . . . . . 585 — the Huslee ...... 587