Report of the trial of an action : Charles Lowell against John Faxon and Micajah Hawks, doctors of medicine, defendants, for malpractice in the capacity of physicians and surgeons : at the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, holden at Machias for the county of Washington, June term, 1824, before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun., justice of the court.

  • Lowell, Charles, 1793-1858.
Date:
1825
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Credit: Report of the trial of an action : Charles Lowell against John Faxon and Micajah Hawks, doctors of medicine, defendants, for malpractice in the capacity of physicians and surgeons : at the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, holden at Machias for the county of Washington, June term, 1824, before the Hon. Nathan Weston, Jun., justice of the court. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    G. To the sixth lie saith, that he considers the question altogether an improper one. . . 7 To the seventh he saith, that the case was not in his opinion of such a nature, that men eminent in their profession and ot con- siderable experience would be likely to differ in opinion respect- ing it ; on the contrary he is of opinion, that it was of such a na- ture as to render it easy to determine what the real cause was, and whether the joint was dislocated or not. a To the eighth he saith, that in his opinion they would not. 9. To the ninth he saith, no. tO. To the tenth he saith, that an attempt was made at the Hospital as before stated, to reduce the luxation in question ; the means were the application of powerful mechani-caJ force to extend the limb, but it proved ineffectual. 11. To the eleventh he saith, that he does consi der the use of pullies necessary in reducing luxations of the hip joint and cannot say what proportion of cases, or whether in any, reduction can be effected without them ; he is not aware of any difference of opinion among eminent and experienced' practioners upon this subject, and has never known a case successfully treated by the hand after the failure of the pully. 12. To the twelfth he saith,that he hath never known such a case. 13. To the thirteenth, No. 14. To the fourteenth he saith, that he refers to his answer to the thirteenth direct interrogatory, in which this question is answered. 15. To the fifteenth he saith, (the said Lowell being present and objecting to this question and also to the three succeeding questions, and to any and all answers that may be given to them upon the ground of their being improper questions) that is a question he does not feel called onto answer. 16. To the sixteenth he saith, that it is a question he cannot properly answer. As to the latter part of the question, he saith that as a general rule the earlier a surgeon has opportunity to examine the patient, the better judgment he ean form both of the nature and extent of the injury and the fitness-of any remedies or means of relief. 17. To the seventeenth he saith, that he hath never expressed nor formed any opinion upon the subject; that he has never heard any statement of Doctor Hawks's treatment; is not aware that he has heard his name before, and knew nothing of any controversy «m the subject until called to testify this day.