Sima v. Wright

Plaintiff had judgment for $7,000 in an action for negligent malpractice.

Defendant, a physician, gave plaintiff a diathermic treatment for pain in the back. The treatment was administered with an electrical machine, designed to produce deep heat through lead plates on the back and abdomen. Patients react differently to the treatment. Some are sensitive to heat and are easily burned. Others can stand more. Some complain of excessive heat when it is neither excessive nor dangerous. Others are stoical and may not complain when they should. The machine may be regulated at points ranging from…