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Water Torture: A woodcut depicting waterboarding included in J. Damhoudère's Praxis Rerum Criminalium, Antwerp, 1556. Ever wonder how much water you would have to drink to kill you? Water has actually been used in various forms of torture and execution throughout history. Although you may be familiar with waterboarding, which refers to the torture technique of continually pouring water over the victim's face or head to elicit the fear of drowning, forced water ingestion was force feeding water down the victim’s throat until water intoxication occurred. Water intoxication, also known as overhydration, can lead to fatal consequences by throwing off the body’s balance of water and sodium A variety of methods for torturing victims have been developed. In the Bathtub or Bañera, which is contaminated with hair, vomit, urine or excrement, the victim's head is held under water until the point of suffocation, then the victim is removed from the water and further interrogated. O...