Homicide with a captive bolt pistol.
A homicide with a captive bolt pistol (slaughterer's gun) is reported. The construction and the function of this "humane killer" as well as the typical patterns of injury are described.
Department of Legal Medicine, University of Munich, Germany.
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Betz
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Pankratz
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Penning
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Eisenmenger
D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005389:Firearms; D005554:Forensic Medicine; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*