Nicolae Minovici: The Doctor Who Hanged Himself For Science
Nicolae Minovici: The Doctor Who Hanged Himself For Science Nicolae Minovici: The Doctor Who Hanged Himself For Science During the first decade of the twentieth century, while employed as a professor of forensic science at the State School of Science in Bucharest, Nicolae Minovici undertook a comprehensive study of death by hanging. Inspired by his research, he decided to find out, first-hand, what it would feel like to die in this way. Minovici began his self-hanging experiments by constructing an auto-asphyxiation device: a hangman’s knot tied in a rope that ran through a pulley attached to the ceiling. He lay down on a cot, placed his head through the noose, and firmly tugged the other end of the rope. The noose tightened, his face turned a purple-red, his vision blurred, and he heard a whistling. He lasted only six seconds before consciousness began to slip away, forcing him to stop. For the next stage of his research, Minovici brought in assistants. He placed the noose around...