Anderson v. Johns Hopkins Hospital

Mrs. Marie C. Anderson was born and reared in Beach Haven, New Jersey, where she still resided at the trial of this case in March of 1970. Married at age 19, she weighed 117 pounds, and was endowed with a hypertrophy of the mammary glands requiring a size 40-C brassiere. Four children and several years took their toll; her breasts suffered, by her description, “a complete collapse.” She sought a corsetiere’s help, to no avail. She supplemented her brassieres with adhesive tape.

Browning’s invitation and assurance apparently did not appeal to her. 1 She read of silicon-gel implants in “The Art…