Visual economics : with rules for estimation of the earning ability after injuries to the eyes / by H. Magnus and H.V. Würdemann.

  • Hugo Magnus
Date:
1902
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    CONTENTS. Frontispiece. Plate I. For Transposition of the Scientific Standard of Visual Acuity into Economic Terms. Preface pages 1 and 2. PART FIRST. INTRODUCTION. Legal Status of the Physician in Relation- to Accident Insurance and Indemnity for Accidents.—Different Methods for Estimation of the Loss of Earning Ability from Ocular Accidents. General Principles for Estimation of the Relation of Ocular Injuries to the Earning Ability.—Conception of the Earning Ability and of Injuries Thereto.—Estimation of the Damage to Economic Vision. Method of Mathematical Calculation ® Introduction. Full Earning Ability Synonymous with \ isual Earning Ability.—Standard Established by this Work for Scientific Esti- mation 11-12 Chapter I. The Legal Status of the Physician in Relation to Accident Insurance and Indemnity for Accidents 13 § 1. The Legal Status of the Physician in the United Stales of America and definition of Damages 13 (a).—Indemnity claims ad- justed according to medical advice 13.—Expert evidence in general 13.—Medico-legal experts 13.—Basis of expert testimony 14.—Legal measure of damages 14 (b).—Nominal damages 14.—Compensatory damages 14.—Factors entering into damages 14.-—Earning ability only fixed factor 14. § 2. Accident Insurance in America and Es- timation of Indemnity for Accidents to the Eyes 14.—Estimates by American accident insurance companies arbitrarily figured 14 (a).—U. S. Bureau of Pensions fix rates arbitrarily 16 (b). § 3. The German Accident Insurance Law 16—Provisions of the act 16.—Explanation of its wording 16.—Inability to follow trade only considered therein 16.—Indemnification not for injury itself but for impairing of earning ability 16. § 4. The Determination of the Corporal and Economic Damage from Injuries belongs to the Physician, Estimation of the Monetary Compensation to the Cor- porations and the Courts 17 Chapter II. The Different Methods for Estimation of Loss of the Earning Ability from Ocular Injuries 18 § 5. Zehender’s Formula 18.—The formula and its development 18.—Calculation improperly made with three eye values 18.-—Nor- mal man given equivalent of three eyes 19.—Formula cannot be scientifically applied 19.—Zehender pioneer in mathematical est - mation 19. § 6. Groenouw's Formula 19 (a).—Explanation of the formula and development 19.—Mathematical consideration 20 (b).—Contains two unknown quantities and is mathematically in- solvable 20.—He forces his formula 20 (c).—Formula applied to monocularism 20.—Properly used makes the value of vision in a one-eyed man equal to nothing 20.—Its principle is improper 21. Confounds physiologic with anatomic conditions 21.—Accordingly he makes human beings with nine hypothetic eyes.—Another mathematical view makes a cyclops 21.—The formula is a fluctu- ating equation and cannot be mathematically considered 22. The fictitious values generalized by his use of the formula 22.—The formula cannot be used for scientific purposes 22. § 7. The For- mula of Hedclaeus 22. It is not scientifically constructed 23. His high estimation for the loss of binocular vision is preposterous 23. Refutation of his claims 23
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