Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Co. v. Industrial Commission

In the course of his employment on December 16, 1926, Curt Fleschig, a loader in the mine of the Mt. Olive & Staunton Coal Company, sustained an inguinal hernia on the left side. He was operated on four days later by Dr. C. H. Zoller. On March 17, 1927, he returned to work for two and one-half days when he felt a stinging pain in his left groin. He did not work again until October 6; from that date he worked until March 12, 1928, when, while using a bar, he again felt the pain in his left groin and ceased work. Dr. Zoller examined him on March 14 and found a recurrence of the hernia and again…