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Simple afflictive Punishments.
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By pressure a very intense degree of pain may
be produced without any considerable permanent effects. that

When the instrument is removed the only symptoms pain smart ceases,
that remains are per without leaving behind it any other symptoms than perhaps
like a greater or less degree of general languor, and perhaps
a weakness and soreness in the part. It is plain therefore that
supposing the pain of all these modes of
punishment to be at an equal degree of intensity during
the time of the operation, the whole quantity
of pain produced by it is much less more
greater in the case of Whipping, Cutting or
Beating, than of any of those other punishments. Now in the nature of Whipping and Beating
there is nothing to limit the pain on the plus side
of encrease: side: nor in that of racking, of the straight boots,
of drenching, pickeering, or the wooden horse
or scorching is there anything to limit it on
the side minus side side of diminution. No more is there in that
of the Strappada, unless the dislocation be regarded
as an essential circumstance: but even in that
case the pain terrible as it is, does is not be
greater more intense than that of whipping may be made.

For the latter pain may be encreased till the
patient sensation is at an end put a stop to either by death
or fainting: and that of the strappada or of
any other punishment cannot be carried any
higher. As to Ducking the pain of it is altogether

Identifier: | JB/159/147/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	147	Info in main headings field	simple afflictive punishments
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53970
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