if a man got his head cut off could the body still walk
200053
no. as soon as the brain is cut off from the body. the body would not walk.
431706
Pre-frontal lobotomy.\n\nLook up the scintillating story of Phineas Gage. Railroad spike through the head. Very sad.\n\nLobotomies haven't been performed in the U.S. since the 1970s, but they are still (very rarely) done in some countries, including Japan, Australia, Sweden and India.
527919
I would guess No...\n\nThis is because once your dead, your tissues, muscles, nerves , and organs aren't functioning.\n\nThis could be true if it were a couple seconds after his death... because it would be closely remniscent to a story where someones head got chopped off, andd he could see his own body from the ground. And that is a true stroy since your nerves in your head continue to funmction for a couple of seconds more...\n\n~LG23~
608616
Yes, but only for eleven seconds.  I had seen this on the discovery channel.  A french medical researcher made an arrangement with this particular Prince in 1796 before execution that if he was aware of his surroundings after being beheaded, he would blink in a complex manner to differentiate from random blinking and grimacing, in order to help the researcher with his work.  He started blinking and as his head was severed continued to blink 1 time every second.  \n\nYou cannot speak after this because your vocal cords are not receiving any air and are actually in the lower portion of the neck.
83385
Yes conceivably but your body would decide to breathe in spite of your wishes once if you are unconscious. The only thing that would stop that was if something was blocking your air passages.
214354
It's possible that this might happen somewhere, but I think if a cutman actually cut his fighter then his license would be revoked.\n\nWhen Rocky told Mick to cut him because he couldn't see, that was a terrible idea. Blood getting in the eyes of a fighter can be as serious a problem as swelling or more, and the excessive amount of blood released could prompt an early stoppage. Of course, there's also the possibility that cutting incorrectly would sever one of the delicate nerves along the area of they eye, resulting in more serious injury.\n\nIf a fighter experiences swelling, rather than cutting him, the job of the cutman is to reduce the swelling, generally by the use of EnSwell - a cold piece of metal. A good cutman is able to control the swelling in this manner.\n\nThe main purpose of the cutman is to treat cuts. They are allowed to use certain medications to treat them (applied with a cotton swab usually) and they then cover the area with vaseline to protect it when getting hit again.
143796
I saw the documentary on it. They concluded that it was accidental. He broke his leg and the wound got infected and killed him.
248658
with its head cut off\n\nWhich is the way I feel every day
463739
I'm a doctor, specifically a surgeon, but I never learned anything about this in my medical training.  However I'm also a rock climber and mountaineer of long standing and I was taught specific things about survival over many years by supposed experts.  Unlike the data that I use to support surgical decision making, where I review the science directly, I have not reviewed the science directly on this.  I do know this much, however: the method by which the conclusion is reached involves filming athletes with an infrared camera while they exercise.  \n\nI was quoted 30% of heat is lost through the head.  Not 80%.  80% would be silly.  30% is already a LOT if you consider that it represents nearly a third of your heat loss, for a body part that represents significantly less than 10% of your total body surface area.  The reason that this occurs (sadly enough) is NOT because of the brain.  Well... maybe in my case it's because of my incredibly powerful brain... but for the rest of you, its the SCALP.  :)\n\nThe scalp is enormously vascular.  Where a foot long gash in the skin of the thigh or back would be painful, it wouldn't be life threatening.  A foot long gash through the scalp, on the other hand, can absolutely lead to fatal bleeding.  I have seen people die like this, both in the mountains and in the city.\n\nThe heat loss through the head comes from the extremely efficient heat exchange between the scalp and the surrounding air.  The scalp has EVOLVED to be a radiator just like the ears on an elephant.\n\nAt altitude, temperature management can be a lot of work.  The principle is to retain warmth but not moisture.  There's nothing worse than being sticky sweaty AND cold.  A warm hat which breathes well, and which can cover the ears is essential.  The key is to put it on BEFORE you get cold.\n\nI hope that helps.
585134
Cut off a leg ... it would be less dangerous.
506488
Highly doubtful, West Virginia abolished capital punishment in 1959, I believe, so I'm pretty sure that the electric chair was decomissioned shortly after. There is the possibility however that all of the components which would be the head and leg electrodes are still functional as well as the power box but I'm sure the prison authorities have removed connections between the two so if someone was to throw the switch nothing would happen, besides there are alot of ghost tours that happen inside the prison so my own logic says that there is absolutely no chance it would be servicable due to insurance purposes.
617514
first offall what kind of question is this my god ,no one can tell , the only one that can is the one that has been killed in the gillotine and the person is dead so how  can some one tell i do know that when a persons head is cut the brain function stay functioning at least seconds but the person is in some type of coma i dont think they know anything or feel anything but if they do it last only second we cant be sure .
122580
say the person is unconscious and you're still kicking the crap out of them..or if a person is unarmed and you shoot them
571351
Only if there was some weird emergency!!!\nI know of no conditiopn in which fore skin needs to be romoved except perhaps if damaged!
222800
The current medical consensus is that life does survive, for a period of roughly thirteen seconds, varying slightly depending on the victim's build, health and the immediate circumstances of the decapitation. The simple act of removing a head from a body is not what kills the brain, rather, it is the lack of oxygen and other important chemicals provided in the bloodstream. To quote Dr. Ron Wright "The 13 seconds is the amount of high energy phosphates that the cytochromes in the brain have to keep going without new oxygen and glucose" (Cited from urbanlegends.com, no longer extant). The precise post-execution lifespan will depend on how much oxygen, and other chemicals, were in the brain at the point of decapitation; however, eyes could certainly move and blink.\n\nThis solely technical survival forms only part of the answer; the second question is 'how long does the victim remain aware?' While the brain remains chemically alive, consciousness can cease immediately, especially if the victim is knocked unconscious by the force of the decapitating blow. Conversely, an individual could remain self-aware - able to see through their eyes and understand what has happened - for much of the thirteen-second period. There is no consistency in this answer, as the precise length of both actual, and practical, survival will vary depending on the victim. Of course, this applies to many forms of swift decapitation, and not just to the victims of la guillotine.
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You might not die from cutting.  It's possible you could accidently cut something you didn't know was a major vein or artery.  To those who are less understanding, they don't exactly see why you would want to cut yourself, and for many people it is scary, and creepy.\nI have a different perspective, however.  I haven't cut on myself for at least 2 months (a major victory for me, considering how depressing and sad life has gotten - or has seem to have gotten).  I had in fact made it 2 years without a single incidence of cutting.  That was after coming from cutting 4-5 times a day.  It is difficult.  Something that made a large difference in my life was a place called the Utah Boys Ranch.  Here is a website:  http://boys.westridgeacademy.com/ (and I'm listing it in the sources as well).  It wasn't easy, but living with self-mutilation isn't either.  It is also expensive without insurance, but you can find people who will help you.  I have more memories from there than any other place.  Whataver you do, seek help, especially from God.  God loves all of us, and allowed his son, Jesus Christ, to suffer all or our pains, both of sin and of daily lives.  He suffered all things that ever happened and ever will happen of every person who has ever lived or who will ever live.  'God loved us so he sent his only begotten son; that if we believe on Him [and keep his commandments] we might not perish, but have everlasting life."  You cannot do it on your own; do not reject the help of your family and friends.  Further, don't ignore the help of an Almighty and loving Father in Heaven.  God bless you; you seem more in need than I do.\nOne more thing:  it won't be easy.  Thomas Paine said "What we gain too cheaply, we esteem to lightly."  Feeling good and overcoming is something not to be esteemed lightly.\n\nFurther to comment for some of the answerers on this page, cutting is an addiction worse than alchohol or drugs.  No offensse or anything, but please don't say "Just stop cutting", because it isn't that easy.  It's like saying to a heroine addict "Just stop doing drugs," or to a smoker "Just quit smoking already."  It isn't easy.  I cut myself because I hate myself (that IS the right tense - I still do, although less) and felt I needed to be punished.  I felt somewhat relieved of burden - if only for a while - when I cut myself, because the abuse from my father was being manifested; and to me, the abuse was love.  Hitting me and hurting me was the way I grew up knowing my father loved me.  Saying "Just stop cutting" isn't going to help, and has helped little if not never in this sort of situation.
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The Bible states, if thine hand offends the then cut it  off. If thine eye offends the then pluck it out,etc. The same should be for every part of the body. Just be truly sure the person is guilty.