Murray v. Allen

The defendant is a surgeon. On July 14, 1923, at the Brigbtlook Hospital in St. Johnsbury, be performed an abdominal operation upon the plaintiff. During this operation gauze sponges were placed in the abdominal cavity for the purpose of absorbing -the blood and fluid, but proper practice required their removal after its completion. After the operation the plaintiff remained in the hospital for two weeks, and returned three or four times thereafter for treatment, the last time being September 25, 1923, when she saw the defendant, who told her that “she was getting along fine.” She suffered…