Parker v. Bowen

Powers, J..

The defendant, a practicing physician, had professional charge of the plaintiff following an operation which required the surgeon to open the abdominal cavity. Dr. Iiazelton performed the operation, and it is admitted that, so far as this case is concerned, the defendant’s responsibility did not begin until Dr. Hazelton turned the patient over to him after the operation had been performed. Gauze sponges were used during the operation to cleanse the wound, and when the plaintiff was turned over to the defendant, one or more cigarette drains, made of rolled gauze and gutta percha…