Chhinnamasta, a Hindu goddess who supposedly decapitates herself and holds her head in her hand. Cleveland Torso Murderer, a serial killer who decapitated some of his victims. Dismemberment
François-Jean de la Barre
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List of methods of capital punishment
Mike the Headless Chicken

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Since venous blood returns to the right heart and is pumped to the lungs for reoxygenation, the fat globules often get lodged in the pulmonary circulation. Fat globules may also pass through lung circulation back into the left ventricle of the heart to be pumped throughout the body in the systemic circulation. They may also reach the systemic circulation through a patent foramen ovale (a hole communicating the right atrium directly to the left atrium of the heart). If fat globules obstruct 80% of the lung capillary network, the resulting back pressure on the right heart increases workload and causes right heart dilatation through cor pulmonale, leading to acute right heart failure. Biochemical theory - Following trauma, an inflammation causes bone marrow to liberate fatty acids into the venous circulation. This is achieved through the increased activity of lipoprotein lipase which break down triglycerides into free fatty acids. Both the release of fatty acids and the inflammation causes damage to the capillary beds of the lungs and other organs, causing interstitial lung disease, chemical pneumonitis, and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This theory can help to explain non-traumatic causes of fat embolism. Diagnosis
Fat embolism is presence of fat particles in the micro-circulation of the body. Meanwhile, fat embolism syndrome is the clinical manifestation as the result of fat particles lodging in the body micro-circulation. There are three major diagnostic criteria proposed for fat embolism syndrome, however, none of them are validated and accepted universally.