Would a guy survive having his scrotum incinerated? e.g. if there is a fireproof sheet with a hole in it just enough for his scrotum to be put through. Then his scrotum is doused with lighter fluid and set on fire.

I'm wondering if that would just burn his scrotum/testicles off, or if that would burn too much more.

It would only burn away he hairs on the scrotum. Lighter fluid is real volatile and burns away instantly. There might be some surface minor burning of the skin but it would disappear within 24 hours. The scrotum might be reddened. Nothing would be affected as this kind of thing is what entertainers and magicians and so called fire eaters do to make a harmless show.

Damn...

So how might one go about incinerating the scrotum without causing too much other damage? Use a blowtorch for a whole minute?

Lit cigar run over the bag. Some guys use a candle flame. Tie the guy with legs apart kneeling over the candle. Give him limited movement. As the flame burns he will continually twist and turn to avoid it and eventually the whole bag gets done. Or rub some butter or oil over them and set that on fire. It burns somewhat more slowly than lighter fluid and takes longer to burn off.

You could place his jewels inside an induction coil fed with nice amounts of radio frequency power. Something like a diathermia machine. Crank the control right up, and you can slowly cook what's inside the coil. It comes really to burning it smoothly, not from the surface on into it. And it's clean, no flames, no risk of fire. At most some smoke, or at least steam.

Of course, the days that come after this are dangerous. Gangrene is just one of the hazards. But we will be reading the story, not suffering it, so what the heck! Write it!

Actually, there are a few (very few) people in the world who do really deserve this treatment, including the gangrene after it. One of them has a family name beginning with B. By the way, that would make another very nice story! You know, the treatment makes people less agressive!

Il Musico

What exactly could gangrene do to you? I was always under the impression it was harmless, but I've heard otherwise. Gangrene is what made me stop playing with rubber bands around my testicles for more than 10 minutes or so.

Unregistered,

Gangrene is definitely not harmless. Technically, it is the first stages of decay after tissue has died.

There are two main problems associated with it. 1. It spreads, so that if left untreated it will gradually kill more and more tissue.

2. The products of the tissue breakdown can get into the blood stream and cause blood poisoning.

Definitely something to be very wary of.

Provided that you do not tie off the testicles long enough to actually kill them you should be reasonably safe.

LOL

Gangrene is still in these days a dangerous and fatal infection. Once it starts it is still a battle to stop. It spreads insidiously thjrough the blood and it will cause death evenutallyh. it stinks, it hurts and if you want to risk such a thing for a fantasy don't blame anyone but ourself. In some cases reality sucks. If you are diabetic you really shouldn't risk anything as the lack of blood circulation allows gangrene the opportunity to fester. The real problem is that they don't ever know if the gangrene has been stopped until it starts killing the tissue again. It can be started by something as simple as a cut in highly susceptible people. So don't just shrug it off as something that may or may not kill you.