A slave who tried to starve him or herself was tortured. If torture didn't work, the slave was force fed with the help of a contraption called a speculum orum, which held the mouth open.Despite the captain's desire to keep as many slaves as possible alive, Middle Passage mortality rates were high.
Dr. Robert Sorenson, MD is a board certified ophthalmologist in Berkeley, California. He is currently licensed to practice medicine in California. He is affiliated with Alta Bates Summit Medical Center. Pacific Presbyterian Medical CenterResidency.
Film actor Charles Bronson was born Charles Dennis Buchinsky on November 3, 1921 in Ehrenfield, Pennsylvania. Bronson was the 11th of 15 children born to his parents, a Lithuanian-American mother and a Lithuanian immigrant father.ersonal Life and Death. Bronson was married to British actress Jill Ireland from 1968 until her death in 1990. After suffering from Alzheimer's disease and battling pneumonia, Charles Bronson died on August 30, 2003, at the age of 81.