That some cows kept in filthy stables or with Slaughterhouses near by may become inured to the odors and escape the evil results is no disproof of the injurious effects so often seen in such cases.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Often have I seen an eager crowd of children assembled around the Slaughterhouses of French towns, absorbed in the expiring agonies of the sheep and cattle, and hushed into silence as they watched the flow of blood.
"The Book of Were-Wolves"
Sabine Baring-Gould
"We are purifying ourselves," the chief of the kolchytes interrupted, for the great festival of the valley, and for ten days no beast can have been killed here for food; besides, the stables and Slaughterhouses are a long way from this, on the other side of the linen-factories."
"The Complete Historical Romances of Georg Ebers"
Georg Ebers