human
Broken as a man's neck is broken by hanging--dislocation, really--the disjointing of the _medulla oblongata_, if you don't mind technicalities, he said.
gpt
But I kept him living just the same. Time enough for him to repent in and get ready to go. A most interesting case. He was a criminal, too, and wanted to die; but you have to keep life going if you can, to the last inch of resistance.