title: ["Bolt projectiles" discharged from modified humane killers (author's transl)].
abstract: Some common types of "humane killers" are supplied with rubber bushings and recoil springs holding back the bolt, which afterwards is rebound into the barrel. Removal of the rubber bush and withdrawal spring before firing can cause the bolt to break and become a free projectile. A suicide case is reported, in which a livestock stunner discharged a steel bolt penetrating the forehead and getting stuck in the skull.
mesh_terms: D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000209:etiology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013405:Suicide; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000209:etiology
vernacular_title: Uber die Entstehung von "Bolzengeschossen" bei Verwendung präparierter Viehbetäubungsapparate.