Willis's Case

The workmen’s compensation act in its original form (St. 1911, c. 751, Part II) provided: “ Section 4. No compensation shall be paid under this act for any injury which does not incapacitate the employee for a period of at least two weeks from earning full wages, but if incapacity extends beyond the period of two weeks, compensation shall begin on the fifteenth day after the injury. Section 5. During the first two weeks after the injury, the association shall furnish reasonable medical and hospital services, and medicines when they are needed.” In the report of The Commission on Compensation…