Disembowelment (evisceration) is the removing of some or all of the vital organs, usually from the abdomen. In Biology, an organ ( Latin: organum, "instrument tool" from Greek όργανον - organon "organ instrument In Vertebrates such as Mammals the abdomen (belly constitutes the part of the body between the Thorax (chest and Pelvis.

Disembowelment as torture

If performed on a living creature, the results are, in virtually all cases, fatal. It has historically been used as a severe form of capital punishment. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. The last organs to be removed were invariably the heart and lungs so as to keep the condemned alive (and in pain) as long as possible. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic lung is the essential Respiration organ in air-breathing Animals including most Tetrapods a few Fish and a few Snails The most primitive

• In England, the punishment of being "hanged, drawn, and quartered" was typically used for men convicted of high treason. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland To be hanged drawn and quartered was the penalty once ordained in England for the crime of High treason. In Law, treason is the Crime that covers some of the more serious acts of disloyalty to one's sovereign or Nation. This referred to the practice of drawing a man by a hurdle (similar to a fence) through the streets, removing him from the hurdle and hanging him from the neck (but removing him before death), disemboweling him slowly on a wooden block by slitting open his abdomen, removing his entrails and his other organs, and then decapitating him and dividing the body into four pieces. Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head or beheading, is the cutting off of the head of a person or animal The man's head and quarters would often be part boiled and displayed as a warning to others. As part of the disemboweling, the man was also typically castrated and emasculated and his genitals and entrails would be burned. Castration (also referred to as Gelding, Neutering, Fixing, orchiectomy, and orchidectomy is any action surgical, chemical Emasculation is the removal of the Genitalia of a male notably the Penis and/or the Testicles By extension the word has also come to mean “to socially Women, for modesty's sake, were instead burned alive. Execution by burning has a long history as a method of Punishment for Crimes such as Treason, Heresy and Witchcraft (However, on the Isle of Man this 'mercy' was denied and women convicted of treason were hanged, drawn and quartered as well. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical To be hanged drawn and quartered was the penalty once ordained in England for the crime of High treason. )
• In the Netherlands and Belgium the vierendelen (literally "to divide in four"), a practice where the arms and legs were tied to horses and the abdomen was sliced open. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Kingdom of Belgium is a Country in northwest Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts its headquarters as well as those In Vertebrates such as Mammals the abdomen (belly constitutes the part of the body between the Thorax (chest and Pelvis. This punishment was meant exclusively for the punishing of a person who had committed regicide. The broad definition of regicide is the deliberate killing of a Monarch, or the person responsible for it
• In Japan, disembowelment played a part as a method of execution or of the ritualized suicide by a samurai. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is the term for the military nobility of Pre-industrial Japan. In killing themselves by this method, they were deemed to be free from the dishonor resulting from their crimes. The most common form of disembowelment was referred to in Japanese as seppuku (where the term "hara-kiri," literally "stomach cutting," is regarded as vulgar), involving two cuts across the abdomen, sometimes followed by pulling out one's own innards. is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by Disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for Samurai. The act of beheading, in most cases by one's best servant, was added to this ritual suicide in later times in order to shorten the suffering of the samurai or leader, an attempt at rendering the ritual more humane. Decapitation (from Latin, caput, capitis, meaning head or beheading, is the cutting off of the head of a person or animal In the English language, hara-kiri and seppuku are often treated as synonyms.

Transanal evisceration

Cases of transanal evisceration of children whilst sitting over an uncovered swimming pool drain site has been reported in medical literature, by safety awareness groups and the popular press. A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or Notable cases include Valerie Lakey and Abigail Taylor. Abigail Rose Taylor ( May 24, 2001 - March 20, 2008) was a young girl from Edina Minnesota whose accidental injury and eventual death In both these cases, the victims were left with short bowel syndrome and required feeding by total parenteral nutrition. Short bowel syndrome ( SBS, also short gut syndrome or simply short gut) is a Malabsorption disorder caused by the surgical removal Total Parenteral nutrition (TPN is the practice of feeding a person Intravenously bypassing the usual process of Eating and Digestion.

Animal slaughter

Evisceration is often a term used in relation of the slaughter of animals for food. The term actually refers to the removal of the internal organs of a slaughtered animal before it is butchered (separated into different cuts of meat by a butcher) for sale. A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale A butcher is someone who prepares various Meats and other related goods for sale In most documented procedures the animal being eviscerated is already dead.

Embalming

At various points in time and in some cultures, removal of the internal organs was performed as part of the embalming process. Embalming, in most modern Cultures is the Art and Science of temporarily preserving human remains to forestall Decomposition

Mummification

The process of mummification, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians, entailed the removal of the internal organs prior to the preservation of the remainder of the body. A mummy is a Corpse whose Skin and Flesh have been preserved by either intentional or Incidental exposure to Chemicals extreme The organs removed were then stored in canopic jars and placed in the tomb with the body. Canopic jars were used by Ancient Egyptians during the mummification process and were commonly made of Limestone, Pottery, wood or Bronze

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