On 12/09/2020 12:54, Jethro_uk wrote:
On Sat, 12 Sep 2020 09:16:31 +0100, Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) wrote:

Does common sense exist in such people? You can bleed to death if you
cut off your hand.
Brian

If it's a clean cut I think there's a reflex that contracts the arteries
to give you a fighting chance.

It's the femoral artery you need to watch for.

There's a somewhat grim description in one of John Simpson's
autobiographies on the process for judicial removal of hands or feet in
more old-fashioned Arab countries. Not at all like the scene in Robin
Hood, Prince of Thieves.