Withington v. Jennings

The plaintiff, by the advice of her family physician, went to the Heywood Hospital, a charitable institution, to have her tonsils removed by the X-ray method, on April 2, 1921. She was introduced at the hospital to Dr. Meachen, who was not a licensed physician, but was the X-ray technician employed by the hospital for X-ray work. While administering the third treatment, on May 21, he neglected to use a filter, and as a result the plaintiff suffered an injury for which damages are claimed.

The defendant was employed by the hospital; he was in charge of its X-ray department, and received for his…