Naveckas v. Jack

The plaintiff introduced evidence that in July, 1927, he consulted the defendant, a physician and surgeon, for relief from inability to breathe through his left nostril; he was, otherwise, in good health and condition; the defendant advised an operation on the nose and for the removal of part of a tonsil and, later in the same month, performed an operation upon him. In the fall of 1928, being unable to breathe through his nose, he again consulted the defendant, who then performed a minor operation, using a local anaesthetic, for enlarging the opening between the nose and the throat, and in…