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An interesting paper on "Concussion Of the
Spine In Railway Injuries" road by Dr. John
q. johnson OF Brooklyn. Ia to he discussed at
the next meeting Of tho Medieo-Legal Society.
Being surgeon to tho Union Ferry Company
tho Brooklyn City Railroad Company tho New
York and Brooklyn Bridge the Prospect Park
and Coney Island Railroad Company. and the
Brooklyn. Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad
Company. DR.. johnson hns had unusual ex-
perlsnce as an expert witness and advisor
against plaintiffs in suits for damages for In
juries caused by accidents. and his argument
will probably be controverted by lawyers and
physicians Interested In what arc known rs
railroad damage cases. He starts out In his
paper to assail Erichsens Railway SPINE"
publication In England that cites
cases to prove tho discovery. as a personal
damage surgeon against railroad corporations
OF now specially In a now disease resulting
from conclusions upon the nervous system Of
human beings in railroad accidents. and is
often admitted in court as an authority. rago
nfter page being read TO juries In damage cases.
His conclusion Is that the ingenuity and
plausibility with which tho book was written
speak more for Erchsen's skill rs partisan
than the contents prove him a searcher after
truth. He says that few OF the symptoms
were OF Erichsen' q own Independent knowl-
sS sdEe oat we're % statlments ST tn OF patients them.
on the truthfulness OF the patients. Tho in
fluence of the publication has been deprecated
the work become that. It Is asserted. railway
spine took Its place In tho public mind as one
Dir. Johnson asserts. Eriehsen has beSn unable
TO obtain single pcst-mortem specimen to
81 damage cases b JShnsSn 81 saws sse at
large majority are those where there is an ab-
ssnce OF very evident injury coupled with Q
a yrpl M fnI Af fttpt, trn1
nerve function while fractures. bruises. and
wounds present orhparativoly little difficulty
OF adjustment ont OF court.
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will, spread It ont to months AMI years
fendant In damage cases should have tho right
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such personal damage easesf