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Originally Posted by Replaced_Texan

One of the protagonists in the book I just finished, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (guess which one), used a string to tie off the member so as to cut off blood flow and then used a pen knife to slice through. He threw the discarded body part in the fire. There was, apparently, very little blood, though he did require some time in the infirmary afterwrds.

Jesus Christ. I'd heard that was a great book, but... But...

Well, you just don't expect that in the dictionary business.