1.
Strapado was designed to dislocate the shoulders of the victim by hoisting him off the ground, allowing him to fall and then
stopped suddenly before he touched the ground. Squassation was often used in conjunction with the Strapado by hanging
weights (varying from 50 to 500 pounds) on the victim's body. Of course, the more weight the greater number of bones to
dislocate.

2.
STRAPADO
The strappado, also known as the pendulum, was one of the easiest and, therefore, one of the most common torture techniques.
All one needed to set up a strappado was a sturdy rafter and a rope. The victim's wrists were bound behind her/his back, and the
rope would be tossed over the beam. Then, the victim was repeatedly dropped from a height, so that her/his arms and shoulders
would dislocate. In some areas, it was customary to apply thumbscrews to the victim while she/he was on the strappad.

SQUASSATION
Squassation was a form of torture used in conjunction with the strappado. It was the process of hanging weights from the victim
as they were being tortured with the strappado. Weights ranged from fifty to five hundred pounds. The greater the weight, the
more bones would be dislocated.
"Four applications of squassation were regarded as equivalent to a sentence of death".