Internal organs may be shrunken due to fluid loss. In the process of being burned to death, a body experiences burns to exposed tissue, changes in content and distribution of body fluid, fixation of tissue, and shrinkage (especially of the skin). 3.6 Cases from the Middle East and Indian subcontinent.3.4 Lynchings and killings by burning in the United States.3.3 Extrajudicial burnings in Latin America.3.2 Lynching of Germans in Czechoslovakia.2.13 Traditions in sub-Saharan African cultures.2.10 Japanese persecution of Christians.2.9 Chinese tradition of Buddhist self-immolation.2.8.3 Mongol punishment for horse thieves.2.8.2 As punishment for inebriation and tobacco smoking.2.8.1 Molten gold poured down the throat.2.8 Pouring molten metal down the throat or ears.2.7.4 The tale of the murderous midwife.2.6.2 Catholic monks in 13th-century Tunis and Morocco.2.6.1 Followers of a false claimant of prophethood.2.3.7 Legislation concerning 'crimes against nature'.2.3.5 Spanish Inquisition against Moriscos and Marranos.
2.3.2 Medieval Inquisition and the burning of heretics.2.2 Human sacrifice around the Eastern Baltic.2.1.4 Ritual child sacrifice in Carthage.
