Reynolds v. Smith
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Pollc District Court. — Hon. James A. Howe, Judge. Action for damages. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
An abdominal operation for the removal of a cyst or tumor was performed by Dr. Schooler on plaintiff January 16, 1905. Dr. Smith was then Schooler’s partner and attended the patient until the 19th, when Schooler, who had been temporarily absent, resumed charge and attended the patient until her return to Blue Earth, Minn., Eeb. 23, 1905. The wound had not entirely healed, and, upon her arrival there, Dr. Schmidt dressed it. On the 21th he made an examination, and, according to his testimony, found a piece of surgeon’s gauze about sixteen inches square in the abdominal cavity, and, after…
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