Malcolm v. Evangelical Lutheran Hospital Ass'n

Plaintiff in this case was a young man full of vigor, enjoying much vitality, and in robust health! There was one exception to this general condition of health. He had a rupture of the groin known as hernia. October 6, 1918, he contracted with the defendant for an operation at its hospital. Appellee stayed during the night of October 6 at the hospital, and the next morning, about 30 minutes before the operation, one of the hospital nurses came to his room and inserted a hypodermic needle into his right arm at an improper place and in a careless manner, at a point near the elbow, and then…