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3 patients attempted suicide by a powder-activated cattle skull impacting tool (Slauthterer's gun). While captive bolt pre-slaughter stunning in pigs and ruminants is safe, two of the patients remainded conscious after the shot and survived. Despite much lower impact velocity (less than 50m/sec) these self-inflicted brain lesions are as serious as “low velocity” (less than 300m/sec) penetrating gunshot wounds, mainly because of impaction of bone fragments and the dynamic energy possessed by the bolt.
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Mosdal, C. Cranio-cerebral injuries from Slaughterer's gun. Acta neurochir 74, 31–34 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01413273
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