Handbook of meat inspection . bicb consists of a wooden bandle and awrougbt iron striking apparatus fastened at rigbt angles to tbebandle. One balf of tbe latter consists of an iron cylinder about10 cm. loDg and 1 cm. in diameter, tbe end of wbicb forms a gouge,Tbe otber balf of tbe striking portion is curved in order to embracetbe borns of tbe animal to be stunned. Tbe gouge-like end of tbestriking portion is driven into tbe middle of tbe roof of tbe craniumby a strong blow, wbereupon tbe animal falls. In order to preventtbe animal from getting up again, it is customary to introduce a rodinto
Handbook of meat inspection . bicb consists of a wooden bandle and awrougbt iron striking apparatus fastened at rigbt angles to tbebandle. One balf of tbe latter consists of an iron cylinder about10 cm. loDg and 1 cm. in diameter, tbe end of wbicb forms a gouge,Tbe otber balf of tbe striking portion is curved in order to embracetbe borns of tbe animal to be stunned. Tbe gouge-like end of tbestriking portion is driven into tbe middle of tbe roof of tbe craniumby a strong blow, wbereupon tbe animal falls. In order to preventtbe animal from getting up again, it is customary to introduce a rodinto tbe opening in tbe cranium aud to destroy tbe brain andmedulla oblongata. (b) Tbe slaugbter mask consists of a sbield-like iron portionwitb an opening in tbe middle and witb a leatber attachment oneitber side. Furtbermore, tbere are tbree tbongs attacbed to tbe METH0D8 OF SLAÜQHTER 13Ö slanghter mask for fastening it to the liead. The opening in theshielJ-shaped iron portiou comes to lie upon the midJle of the roof Fig. Slaughtermask as used in the Stuttgart Abattoir. a, mask; b, striking bolt. Fig. 4. of the cranium, while the lateral leather portion Covers the eyes olthe animal. As in the case of theiron cylinder of the killing ax,furnished with a gouge, a strikingbolt, which is inserted into theopening of the iron portion, isdriven throngh the roof of thecranium by a wooden the practice of this methodalso, a subsequent destruction ofthe brain, such as oecurs in theuse of the killing ax, is customary.(c) The shooting mask (Sieg-mund).— In this apparatus, inplace of the striking bolt, a shortpistol barrel is used, which is screwed into the opening of the»hield-like iron portiou of the slaughter mask. In the posterior
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