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Although thalaikoothal is illegal in India, [4] the practice has long received covert social acceptance as a form of mercy killing, and people seldom complain to the police. [5] In some cases the family informs their relatives before performing thalaikoothal, [ 6 ] and sometimes the victims even request it. [ 3 ]
Incapacitating agent is a chemical or biological agent which renders a person unable to harm themselves or others, regardless of consciousness. [1]Lethal agents are primarily intended to kill, but incapacitating agents can also kill if administered in a potent enough dose, or in certain scenarios.
In 1392, a man was boiled alive in Nuremberg for having raped and murdered his own mother. [14] Coin forgers were boiled to death in 1452 in Danzig [ 15 ] and in 1471 in Stralsund . [ 16 ] Even as late as 1687, a man in Bremen was boiled to death in oil for having been of valuable help to some coin forgers who had escaped justice.
The person' serum osmolality is measured by freezing point depression and then compared with the predicted osmolality based on the person's measured sodium, glucose, blood urea nitrogen, and any ethanol that may have been ingested. The presence of a large osmolal gap supports a diagnosis of ethylene glycol poisoning.
Most people enter military service “with the fundamental sense that they are good people and that they are doing this for good purposes, on the side of freedom and country and God,” said Dr. Wayne Jonas, a military physician for 24 years and president and CEO of the Samueli Institute, a non-profit health research organization. “But things ...
A euthanasia solution is a drug-containing aqueous solution for intentionally ending life to either relieve pain and suffering or execute convicts. [1] The drugs used in euthanasia solution do not only need to be safe to personnel, but they also need to have a rapid onset of action and minimize the possible pain felt by humans and animals. [2]
They also really hate it when people step on them. When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it. Effects are fast acting and can include heart stoppage ...
Twelve people died, and over 6,200 people received injuries. [52] [53] 2002: Pro-Chechen militant Ibn al-Khattab may have been assassinated with sarin by the Russian government. [54] [55] May 2004: Iraqi insurgents detonated a 155 mm shell containing binary precursors for sarin near a U.S. convoy in Iraq. The shell was designed to mix the ...