Stab

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The stab is a method of killing and, by stabbing weapons like knife or dagger carried out. Longer stabbing weapons such as sabers and swords are referred to as stabbing .

It is a method of execution and murder and historically the most common method of warfare. Both were also the second most common cause of death in wars before the invention of firearms . The most common cause of death was wound infection after attempted stabbing and stabbing.

Medical basics

The primary goal is to hit the heart , which in the shortest possible time leads to death from pericardial tamponade . Puncture injuries to the lungs and other vital organs in the abdomen are also often fatal. If large arteries or veins are injured in the process, profuse internal bleeding is usually the cause of death. If the thorax is opened, the pressure is equalized with the outside air after removing the tool, whereupon the lungs collapse. In all of these cases one speaks of stabbing or stabbing. Cuts in the muscle area are usually not immediately fatal. The combatant can continue to defend himself or flee. Without effective wound care, however, infections occur which can subsequently lead to death. One then does not speak of stabbing or stabbing.

Murder method

Time and again in history there have been stabs and stabs in the context of murder plots of prominent personalities, e. B. Kings , some of whom were killed in their sleep . The victim can be kept calm by a direct cardiac stab, as the drop in blood pressure leads to unconsciousness within a few seconds and the victim can no longer properly wake up. When guards are stabbed or stabbed, they generally defend themselves. This resistance of the victim can be recognized by injuries to hands and body parts which the victim holds out to the knife or saber shortly before his death. Evidence of such injuries can often rule out suicide. Are often particularly defensive injuries Erstochener on his right hand and forearm when the victim right handed is.

Method of execution

In the Middle Ages , both stabbing and stabbing were forms of execution . In Roman antiquity , executions without dishonoring the person were often carried out by stabbing, with the delinquent kneeling with an upright torso and another person sticking a sword straight into his shoulder, behind the collarbone and down into the heart. Here the lungs, heart and adjacent arteries are cut deep into the body, but the blood pours into the abdomen and is not visible. The wound on the shoulder closes after removing the sword. Characteristic incision marks are often visible later on the collarbone, which indicate that the victim has not offered any resistance. The method was mainly used with Roman citizens , both in the military and in the domestic sector of the upper class.

This method of execution was still used during wars in the 20th century in order to avoid shootings for reasons of cost and thus to save cartridges . In the Nanking massacre , for example, several 10,000 prisoners were not shot but stabbed with a bayonet .

Often received deaths

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Painting inspired by the stabbing of Gaius Iulius Caesar (1798)

See also

literature

  • Randolph Penning: Systematic forensic medicine . 2nd Edition. UNI-MED Verlag, Bremen et al. 2006, ISBN 3-89599-157-0 ( clinical textbook series ).
  • B. Brinkmann , B. Madea (Ed.): Manual forensic medicine . 2 volumes. Springer, Berlin 2003-2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Penning: Systematic forensic medicine
  2. ^ Brinkmann, Madea: Manual forensic medicine
  3. ↑ Akira Fujiwara: The Nanking Atrocity: An Interpretive Overview. on: japanfocus.org October 23, 2007.

Web links

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