The food inspector's encyclopaedia / by A. Horace Walker.

  • Walker, A. Horace (Albert Horace), 1876-
Date:
1912
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Credit: The food inspector's encyclopaedia / by A. Horace Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    With Stunning. 1. Poleaxing. 2. Stunning. 3. Striking bolt apparatus, etc. 4. Shooting. 5. Electricity. 1. In cutting or stabbing the throat with a knife, the vessels of the throat are pierced or severed. 2. When the breast is stabbed, the heart is injured, and in- sensibility does not take place for some time. If skilfully per- formed, the blood escapes in great volume from the wound ; and the more rapidly the bleeding takes place, the better in point of colour will the quality of the meat be. 3. In the nape stab, or pithing, the muscular system is para- lyzed, but the animal is not insensible, and consequently it is considered a cruel form of slaughtering. 4. In shecheta, or the Jewish method of slaughter, the animal is roped up and then thrown on to the floor. The head and neck is stretched tightly, and the cutter severs the large blood- vessels with one cut. The bleeding of the animal is very com- plete. 1. Poleaxing.—The animal's head is generally first secured by a rope drawn through a ring in the wall or floor ; the animal is struck on the skull with a poleaxe, and falls to the ground. A cane is inserted in the hole, and pushed up and down the spinal canal, causing the animal to lose all sense of pain. The animal's throat is next cut lengthwise for about 4 to 6 inches to release the blood. The disadvantages of this method are : It does not effect complete bleeding; lack of skill on the part of the operator may cause unnecessary suffering to the anim?] by repeated blows. 2. Stunning.—This method consists in striking the animal a heavy blow with a hammer, mallet, club, etc., in a certain spot of the forehead, which produces a state of insensibihty • the animars throat is then cut. This method often damages the skull, leavmg clotted blood underneath. The brain is often spoilt, and the head is rendered less valuable. The^e is little danger of missing the aim, and it assists in a painless death. 3- Striking Bolt Apparatus, etc.—K large number of patterns of various bolt and mask apparatus are in use, more especially on the Continent. The bolt apparatus is placed on the particular 17