Re: If someone fell into boiling water, how long would it take them to die?

I searched online to answer the question If someone fell into boiling 
water, how long would it take them to die? I did not get a specific 
answer other than the following :

"Under the reign of Henry VIII, the numbers of those put to death are 
estimated as high as 72,000. Boiling To Death was made a capital punishment 
in England by Henry VIII in 1531 as a result of seventeen people being 
poisoned by Richard Rosse, the bishop of Rochester's cook, two of whom 
died. Margaret Davy, a young woman was similarly executed in 1542 for a 
similar crime. The act was repealed in 1547. There are records to show some 
people boiled for up to two hours before death took them."

quote from:
PBS Frontline 
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/execution/readings/history.html
and
The Probert Encyclopaedia
General Information (B)  
http://www.spaceports.com/~mprobert/

Hope this helps,
gabriel vargas md,phd