Smith v. the Presentation Academy

Plaintiff is the widow of Robert M. Smith and administratrix of his estate. During the year 1929, decedent was afflicted with a disease known as myelitis which rendered him entirely helpless. Defendant was operating a hospital in Aberdeen and decedent was taken to said hospital for care and treatment for said disease. The course of treatment given him was w'hat was known as diathermy. This treatment consists of attaching metal plates to opposite sides of the patient’s body and then transmitting a current of electricity from one of said plates through the patient’s body to the opposite plate.…