jupitersterrain four

misc draft

a high ends mercedes ...

to do it justice in the flood of warmth 
wide eyed terror stalks me 

copper wire makes 

soldering easier ... 

the raw 
quick in you 
like a cable stripped of its 
sheath rubbing away the jacket of my 
insulation danger high voltage with no ground ... 



3.12am, 27.12.12. © Lizarikk, All Rights Reserved

Other issues affecting lethality are frequency, which is an issue in causing cardiac arrest or muscular spasms. Very high frequency electric current causes tissue burning, but does not penetrate the body far enough to cause cardiac arrest. Also important is the pathway: if the current passes through the chest or head, there is an increased chance of death. From a main circuit or power distribution panel the damage is more likely to be internal, leading to cardiac arrest. Another factor is that cardiac tissue has a chronaxie of about 3 milliseconds, so electricity at frequencies of higher than about 333 Hz requires more current to cause fibrillation

The comparison between the dangers of alternating current at typical power transmission frequences (i.e., 50 or 60 Hz), and direct current has been a subject of debate ever since the War of Currents in the 1880s. Animal experiments conducted during this time suggested that alternating current was about twice as dangerous as direct current per unit of current flow

It is sometimes suggested that human lethality is most common with alternating current at 100–250 volts; however, death has occurred below this range, with supplies as low as 32 volts. Assuming a steady current flow (as opposed to a shock from a capacitor or fromstatic electricity), shocks above 2,700 volts are often fatal, with those above 11,000 volts being usually fatal. Shocks with voltages over 40,000 volts are almost invariably fatal. However, Harry F. Mcgrew came into direct contact with a 340,000 volt transmission line in Huntington Canyon, Utah, and survived. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is the largest known electric shock that has survived. Brian Latasa also survived a 230,000 volt shock in Griffith Park, Los Angeles, according to Guinness

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lethal suspension of a person by a ligature

During suspension, once the prisoner has lapsed into unconsciousness, rippling movements of the body and limbs may occur for some time which are usually attributed to nervous and muscular reflexes

the body jerked down, then became absolutely still apart from the swinging of the rope

I went down into the pit with the prison medical officer. He examined the body and said to me: "A clean death. Instantaneous."

A death erection, angel lust, or terminal erection is a post-mortem erection, technically a priapism, observed in the corpses of human males who have been executed, particularly by hanging

The phenomenon has been attributed to pressure on the cerebellum created by the noose

Death by hanging, whether an execution or a suicide, has been observed to affect the genitals of both men and women. In women, the labia and clitoris will become engorged and there may be a discharge of blood from the vagina

In men, "a more or less complete state of erection of the penis, with discharge of urine, mucus or prostatic fluid is a frequent occurrence ... present in one case in three."

A postmortem priapism is an indicator that death was likely swift and violent

a recurrent theme in the Naked Lunch and Cities of the Red Night