![Detail of an engraving in De Cruce Libri Tres by Justus Lipsius, 1570. Impalement, as a method of execution and also torture, is the penetration of a human by an object such Detail of an engraving in De Cruce Libri Tres by Justus Lipsius, 1570. Impalement, as a method of execution and also torture, is the penetration of a human by an object such](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/T965AE/detail-of-an-engraving-in-de-cruce-libri-tres-by-justus-lipsius-1570-impalement-as-a-method-of-execution-and-also-torture-is-the-penetration-of-a-human-by-an-object-such-as-a-stake-pole-spear-or-hook-often-by-complete-or-partial-perforation-of-the-torso-it-was-used-particularly-in-response-to-crimes-against-the-state-and-regarded-across-a-number-of-cultures-as-a-very-harsh-form-of-capital-punishment-and-recorded-in-myth-and-art-T965AE.jpg)
Detail of an engraving in De Cruce Libri Tres by Justus Lipsius, 1570. Impalement, as a method of execution and also torture, is the penetration of a human by an object such
![WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking image of dog impaled by stick after game of fetch in South Yorkshire | The Star WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking image of dog impaled by stick after game of fetch in South Yorkshire | The Star](https://www.thestar.co.uk/images-a.jpimedia.uk/imagefetch/http://www.thestar.co.uk/webimage/Prestige.Item.1.100925392!image/image.jpg?width=1200&enable=upscale)
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Shocking image of dog impaled by stick after game of fetch in South Yorkshire | The Star
![shows the penetrating stick entering the patient's left lumbar region. | Download Scientific Diagram shows the penetrating stick entering the patient's left lumbar region. | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Styliani-Parpoudi/publication/299493776/figure/fig6/AS:669661356097568@1536671117934/shows-the-penetrating-stick-entering-the-patients-left-lumbar-region_Q640.jpg)