Mullins v. DuVall
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Eeid. January 5, 1920. Tbe petition alleged that the petitioner was damaged in the sum of $10,000 by reason of the following facts: “Your petitioner shows that in June, 1919, she was being treated for pellagra by defendant, and had been under his treatment for several months; that every other day he injected a serum of some kind in her left arm with a hypodermic needle; that she had taken about 36 of said treatments; the…
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Action for damages; from city court of Atlanta — Judge Eeid. January 5, 1920. Tbe petition alleged that the petitioner was damaged in the sum of $10,000 by reason of the following facts: “Your petitioner shows that in June, 1919, she was being treated for pellagra by defendant, and had been under his treatment for several months; that every other day he injected a serum of some kind in her left arm with a hypodermic needle; that she had taken about 36 of said treatments; the name of said serum or medicine used by him plaintiff does not know. 2. Petitioner alleges that she has been examined by…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. It appears from the petition, with reasonable clearness, that when the patient called at the office of the physician, to receive the usual hypodermic injection, it was at the proper time and in accordance with the regular adopted routine of treatment, as prescribed and employed by the defendant physician; that the relation of physician and patient had not terminated, since the adopted course of treatment, the nature of which was unknown to plaintiff, was still in process of regular administration, and no provision had been made for its discontinuance, but, on the contrary, general…
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