Graiziger v. Henssler

This is an appeal from a judgment of $1,500 obtained by the plaintiff, Kate Graiziger, against the defendant, Dr. Otto W. Henssler, for malpractice.

The controversy grows out of the question whether the defendant by unskilful electrical treatment burned her on the chest about midway between the breasts and, as a consequence, injured her. The defendant had first treated her in 1911 and 1912 for rheumatism, when she had, as she says, “a lot of trouble on the same spot.” At that time he told her not to meddle with it, and gave her some salve to apply. On December 26, 1915, she went back to him.…