PUNISHMENTS & INSTRUMENTS OF TORTURE FROM THE PAST - The Iron Boot used to crush the legs. Variations were the Spanish Boot, The Malay Boot and the Buskin (A wet rawhide sock that was dried to crush the bones beneath)

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