Visste ni, att om man får huvudet avhugget...

[Jörgen]

...så förblir man vid medvetande i ca 15 sekunder till.

(Inte för att man skulle kunna göra så mycket åt sin situation)

Att en kackerlacka klarar sig i veckor utan huvud (kroppen alltså), för att så småningom svälta ihjäl.

bra att veta.

[Johan Ågren]

Det skulle jag vilja ha en källa på. Har också hört det och löst hävdat det i en diskussion utan att kunna följa upp mitt påstående.

Är tveksam då det vanligtvis svartnar för huvudet om jag reser mig hastigt... Och sedan tänker jag mig att det måste bli ett nervmässigt krig i hjärnan, så "medvetande" vore nog att ta i.

/Johan

[suchanother]

Den giljotinerades sista tanke; huj vad jag känner mej lättad!

[Grottis]

Hjärnan överlever 10-15 sekunder utan syretillförsel via blodet, så det skulle kunna stämma att man förblir vid medvetande ännu en stund efter det att huvudet skilts från kroppen. Å andra sidan tror jag att shocken blir så pass stor för huvudet att det reagerar genom att antingen omedelbart gå in i medvetslöshet eller sprejar hjärnan med en veritabel endorfindusch, som gör att den halshuggne slutar sitt liv i salighet.

Det borde finnas kunskap om detta. Folk har kunnat se hur eller om det avhuggna huvudet uppvisar tecken på medvetande en liten stund. Det kunde säga något, spärra upp ögonen eller göra en grimas.

[Grottis]

Den giljotinerades sista tanke; huj vad jag känner mej lättad!

Jupp, den ultimata bantningskuren.

[Johan Ågren]

How long are you conscious? Do you feel pain?

Having your head severed from your body is obviously not conducive to good health. A tenuous link I agree, but Men's Health is not one to shy away from difficult but very interesting topics. So, how long does someone remains conscious after being decapitated?

Decapitation, Consciousness and Blood Pressure
It is logical that the mode of decapitation has an effect on consciousness. If someone is beheaded cleanly, as in the use of the guillotine in revolutionary France in the 18th Century, then this makes it easier to make a judgement on consciousness and awareness following such a fate.

The predominant school of thought suggests that if someone's head is removed swiftly and cleanly, the resulting dramatic loss of blood pressure means that you become unconscious straight away.

One of the most obvious relationships is fainting. Fainting can occur even with only a small drop in blood pressure. We may feel faint for a short time but our loss of consciousness is sudden and often dramatic. When we recover we rarely remember fainting or what occur during the period of unconsciousness.
The decapitated person essentially dies from a massive hemorrhage that stops any oxygen going to the brain. Lack of oxygen after three minutes results in catastrophic death of brain cells.

More About Time Between Consciousness and Unconsciousness in Decapitation
Historically, heads were held up following execution in the belief that someone remained conscious for about 10 seconds following execution. But where did that idea come from? During the French Revolution, the condemned were apparently seen to blink their eyes for up to 30 seconds and open their mouths following their beheading.

The story about a French chemist, Antoine Lavoisier, who lived between 1743 and 1794 has fueled this belief. He apparently told his friends he would blink for as long as he could following his beheading. He was observed to do this for many seconds. This story appears to be just a story and no real facts support it.

More interesting records come from studies carried out by Dr Jean-Joseph Sue, a German anatomist Samuel-Thomas Sommering, French anatomy professor Dr Séguret, Dr Dassy de Ligniéres, and Dr Beaurieux. During the French Revolution one of them, Dr Séguret, conducted experiments that exposed the eyes of two heads to sunlight. The eyes shut. Their exposed tongues were pricked and the tongue withdrew into the mouth. Séguret found the eyes of one victim followed the voice of whomever was talking for more than 15 minutes. Whether the doctors' findings were signs of mental activity or just involuntary spasm following muscular and nervous stimulation is unknown.

In 1905 a Dr. Beaurieux carried out an experiment with the head of a murderer called Languille who had been guillotined. He called the deceased name. The head opened its eyes and looked the way of the caller. The eyes then closed and his name was called again. Again the eyes fixed themselves on the doctor. A third attempt after about 25 to 30 seconds brought no response. The doctor reported that after decapitation: the eyelids and lips of the guillotined man worked in irregularly rhythmic contractions for about five or six seconds.

Is Decapitation Painful?
The evidence is that it can be but this appears to be dependant on the skill and type of beheading. The Duke of Monmouth in England took 3 strokes to have his head severed from his body. Mary Queen of Scots, in the 17th Century, let out a long anguished moan when the executioner failed to get the job done at his first strike. However, if the spine is severed completely then the perception of pain, our ability to experience pain, is also immediately removed.

Consciousness, Punishment and Decapitation
The evidence of various abolitionists and the concerns that a human may be aware of their fate following death by guillotine lead to its abolition, but not until 1981. The last execution in France was in 1977, but certain countries still use decapitation as a mode of execution.

Article Sources: History of the Guillotine by Alister Kershaw. His source is Archives d'Anthropologie Criminelle, 1905

The Guillotine: A Look into the Machine Built for a Humanitarian Death. Jonas L. Bulman University of South Dakota http://www.usd.edu/~jbulman/the_guillotine.htm

[suchanother]

Intressant, då har man alltså 30 sek på sej att diskutera med det avhuggna huvudet. Vad diskuterar man om? Knappast vädret.
"hur mår du just nu?"
"fuck off!"

[FIG]

Intressant, då har man alltså 30 sek på sej att diskutera med det avhuggna huvudet. Vad diskuterar man om? Knappast vädret.
"hur mår du just nu?"
"fuck off!"

Det beropå.
Om det är en fånge som man arväta så, skulle jag fårga.
är det väkligen du som är skyldig?" :P (om inte så skulle du får behåla ditt huve. det var ditt störst liv mistag)