United States v. Massachusetts General Hospital
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This appeal relates to the construction of so much of paragraph 585 of chapter 349 of the statutes of 1894 (28 Stat. 543) as permits the free; importation of “philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations” for certain uses therein pointed out, including for the use of institutions “incorporated or established” for educational or scientific purposes. This importation consisted of instruments esjiecially designed and adapted for use in surgery, and such as are ordinarily used by surgeons in the practice of their profession; but it was made…
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