Cronk v. Wabash Railroad
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Gourt. — Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. Oh the 7th day of April, 1901, the plaintiff was a.passenger in the caboose of defendant’s freight train from Bloom field to Belknap. On the way several cars, including the caboose, left the track, and, according to the petition, the plaintiff was injured. He recovered judgment for damages, from which the defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
ia. expert testimony. One of the questions raised in the course of the trial was whether plaintiff was afflicted with diabetes, and, if so, whether the disease had been occasioned by the shock and injury received at the time of the accident. Dr- Young testified on direct examination that: “As medical science now stands, and among medical men, this disease of diabetes, in its origin, is not ivell known. The cases.are rather obscure. * * * I would expect to look for *351some external ip. jury to that part of the anatomy [base of brain], * * * I do not think that any cases that have come under my…
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