Vila R I, Martin J V, Wetli C V, Freeman R
Broward Co. Medical Examiner Office, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312-6619.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 1990 Sep;11(3):241-3. doi: 10.1097/00000433-199009000-00013.
Authentic black-powder muzzle-loader weapons and replicas are used today primarily for hunting game such as deer and hogs. The following is a case presentation of accidental death from cerebral trauma caused by a .45-caliber black-powder-rifle breech plug implanting in the victim's brain.