Hodgson v. Bigelow

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Maxey,

’ This is a suit for damages, the claim being based on defendant’s alleged malpractice.

On May 26, 1936, when the minor appellee was eight years and seven months old, he fell on a stick which penetrated his thigh five inches. His wound was treated by Dr. Bigelow, the appellant, who described it as “entirely sub-cutaneous . . . not deep” and “just under the skin.” He treated it in the following manner: after being cleaned externally with alcohol, it was “swabbed all the way to the bottom” with a swab soaked in alcohol and it was also swabbed with tincture of iodine.…