The "and then his head fell off" story is widely told. The earliest version I'm aware of (.....) is in a C. 19 English book about a crusader cut with a Moslem sword. Now, one of the beautiful and frightening things about a cut from a sharp edge is how freely it bleeds after that instant of bloodlessness; the sharpness and lack of resistance counteracts the shock which would help protect from a more traumatic/concussive/contusive injury.
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