Winstead v. Hildenbrand

CLARK, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a verdict and judgment of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia in favor of appellee, defendant below, on an action brought by appellant, plaintiff below, to recover damages for negligence and malpractice resulting in his total blindness.

Appellant suffered from syphilis, contracted prior to 1941. On October 9, 1941, he was admitted to the Georgetown Hospital Night-Clinic. From November 23, 1942, to February 1, 1943, he received seven injections of tryparsamide, an arsenical specific used in the treatment of…