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Gore: The Brutal History of Bullfighting

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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The Matador's Horns

The bull's horns are passing extremely close to the matador's stomach and groin. In no other country can a medical student specialize in the lucrative field of taro tromatology, or horn wound surgery. Horns can puncture intestines, destroy genitals, rupture bladders and kidneys. They can pierce hearts and lungs. According to hemmingway, quot, i have seen bull fighters gored in the chest, have heard the rib crack, literally with the shock. But as nasty and horrifying as those wounds can be, the worst kind of cornada is the simple severing of the femeral artery in the leg. It's very common. And if a bull's

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