Claim of Backstrom v. Turner Construction Co.

On May 18, 1951, the deceased employee sustained an injury to his back in the course of his employment, which resulted in his immediate hospitalization. He remained in the hospital until his death on July 10, 1951. Beginning five days *369after Ms admission to the hospital, the hospital records indicate at intervals such notations as: “ Stools constipated — reddish color “ Bloody Feces ”; and, “ Bleeding from rectum.” His case was finally diagnosed as carcinoma of the sigmoid, and an operation was performed for such condition on July 6, 1951, and as the result of the operation deceased died on…