tortus twisted or simply the sadistic gratification of those locked barefooted into the stocks rubbing feces into their hair and mouths and between their toes whipping the soles of the bare feet screw presses or bone vises that with the aim of clearing blockages in these meridians crushed thumbs toes knees feet even teeth and skulls in a wide variety of ways tortures savagely mutilated the body in numerous controlled that combines acupressure reflexology and assisted yoga fire serrated iron tongue shredder the red hot copper basin for destroying eyesight abacination and the stocks with oil of myrrh as a part of the dreadful ways incorporating and extremely carefully beauty regimen that forcibly held the prisoner naked feet glistening with lard directly over red hot coal until the skin and foot muscles were the heel sesamoid arch and or whole plantar surface of foot burnt black and the bones fell to ashes from the greek term meaning rubbing up massage was anatripsis interrogating taciturn heretics and wizards was the interrogation chair arge crowds of spanish spectators for auto da fe executions they put knotted strings about their heads symptoms and took special note of analgesics being hung upside down lymphocytes which play a vital role burning crushing breaking of limbs and drowning were all popular medieval tortures thumbscrews animals like rats the iron chair and the cat o nine tails the formation of shiatsu and tui na tortured on the rack for four hours cucking stool was a form of wyuen pine women punishment pain relief reduction of fatigue prevention of ageing and bestowing longevity and forced sitting on red hot stools the victim limbs would be pulled out of the socket the limbs would be torn from the body entirely a patient blood oxygen and energy flow is said to increase due to treatment first pushed under nail to root spikes blades boiling oil
—Daniel Y. Harris
Art: Nik Gernert