The alleged malpractice suit : Thompson vs. Smith. Statement of experts and surgeons / Evidence reported by R.J. Hammond, reported for the Circuit court Nov. term, 1874, for Madison county, Iowa.
- Smith, A. B. (Arthur B.)
- Date:
- 1875
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Credit: The alleged malpractice suit : Thompson vs. Smith. Statement of experts and surgeons / Evidence reported by R.J. Hammond, reported for the Circuit court Nov. term, 1874, for Madison county, Iowa. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ALI.EGU MALPRACTICh'. Q. Well, go on and state what else you said and what was done. A. He asked me what was the matter with me, and I told him I was riding atter, a heifer and in making a short turn my horse fell and threw me off, and I struck on my shoulder; my horse was going about as fast as he could go when he fell. My shoulder was ail sore, and T could not raise my arm up at all. Q. Well, what was done ( A, In the first place I was lying on the lounge, he had it moved out in the floor so he could get at my right side. They lifted me up and I sat upon the lounge with my arm down by my side in this position. (Indicating arm down at his side.) He then unbottened my sliirt-wristband and then opened my shirt and cut it down a little in front in order to get it oif easy; he took it,f>fli' my left arm and dropped it down off of the other arm very gently. Then he moved my arm backward and forward. Then he commenced feeling along my shoulder, all the way out from here (the neck) to the point of the shoulder. When he got about here, (the point of the shoulder) he said, the cap of your shoulder is broken. Then I asked him if the shoulder liad a cap like the knee. He said no, it was a bone that came up over the shoulder joint, which served as a covering for the joint and as a seat for the muscles of the shoulder. He then ])ressedupon inv elbow and stepped around in front and asked Mr. Graham if he didn't think that shoulder looked like the other. He then called for bandages. Q. Well, go on and tell what he did. A. In the first place, he put a pad under my arm close up and a bandage under it to hold it up. He then put another bandage aronnd my shoulders in the shape of a figure eight. I believ«he called it a figure eight bandage, another around ray shoulder and under here, (indicating elbow) he then put one around my arm and body and a sling to put my hand in. Q. Is there anything else that the doctor said at the time, that you remember of i A. He told me to come up to his ofiice, and I asked him where his office was, and he told me it was on the South side of the square, in Winterset. I asked him how long it would be before I could use my arm, and he said about one month. Q. Js that about all the doctor said to 3'ou ? A. 1 don't recollect anything farther. Q. You say the doctor moved your arm. A. Yes, sir.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21078166_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
