Lore v. Forbes

The petitioner, a World War veteran, was appointed as a pharmacist in the department of hospitals in the city of New York on October 3, 1929. . In his application for the position he set forth truthfully that he was suffering from paralysis of the left hand. He was assigned to the dispensing division. *497It appears that the duties of a pharmacist in that division were to select powders, drugs and chemicals for the various hospitals. The weights of the packages in which these commodities were contained ranged from ounces up to twenty-five pounds. He performed his duties there without any…