Lexchin v. Mathews

This is an action against a duly licensed osteopath to recover damages for alleged malpractice and an assault and battery by reason of a surgical operation, unauthorized under his license to practice.

Plaintiff’s decedent, a man 22 years of age, had a swelling on his right leg near the ankle and visited defendant’s office for treatment. After some examination defendant punctured the swelling and there was an exudation, some of which was sent to the Ford Hospital for analysis. Later the young man was taken to the hospital and his trouble diagnosed as leucemia, myelogenous type, which is a…