New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-16
THE COURTS.
WA The BOY BADLY TREATED?
SUIT BEGUN AGMv:r THE NPwYoRK HOSPITAL
FOR NEGLIGENCE

SUIT BEGUN AGNy:T THE NRwYoRK HosFIlNL
FOR NEGLIGENCE.
Tie suit OF Emil C)bNz acarSt t'e Ne" YIN yin. -,
pital FIR $50 900 for alleged negligence Oh INC P' -
the surgeons there IN treating H. con N'N'uD'''
he had Injured IBIS lcr By falling from p'''' -,
Eglthave was brought 70 trial before 'u"-' -,
and q iury I'm the Cont Of Common PEAS S'''c'"il'
The how featured nj, right thigh and was taken 10 inc
b,.pt,al ~, January = 1890 lie remained there unUh
March ? following Gangrenc ee M ana II w. ',''
necessary 10 amputstc The leg The BOY l"','o,
clores that the wound negAgentIy anu "''"''
,ra,ed and that the necessity for the ampu'd''h vas
caused by this negligence -.,,,.
Mr. Coblitz while on the witness STAND Se,'.'n''
said that when hi, son WAS taken 10 the h''P'a IT.
Rol,on examined the lex and put Il band'He on IT,
The MUSICIAN tod the fthcr tAlt the boy "ou'u ~ "
right in seven or eight weeks. ON th' next u'S 40
wont 10 the no ptal and present wheh III 7'o'
nut other bandagcs on the leg. IN the p'ese"Vo VI w.
physicians and the The next day TIC "eiV asa
10 the hospital and found the boy Crying SAYING ''
A., ,arda,< Inv, him He could not find doctor that
dav and the next day sunday and Vlstoie "cre "o
admitted on Monday he went again. Du' t'ic o'7
which the boy had complained were p'o "o -
been removed. The bandages were 'anc" va WI
law and the leg swollen ana uiSooio'e" nv
,ole werc brought and applied the leg but without
s,,isfoctorv results A week afterwaid when tic "ehV
to the hospital doctors punched NOES Ill inc s' anu
.,a ,ba father IN see IL any LlOod flowed from the
holes. No blood came ,., -
Mrs CobHtz testified that she went 10 the hoSp''i Oh
Japuarv 10 end found the bandagce on the boys leg eA
ceadinclv fight She called the nurses attention 10
tbl TACT and tod her that they hurt him. Inc nurse
rencd that it was all nonsense. and that the DoS was
only home,ick on January IL she went again anu
,ound the flesh cold. At her visit on January /" eie
lid not see the doctors nurse give 'he DoH any
attention She called the attention OF the doctors ~
tl,e hoy and Dr. Robert F. Weir removed the bahoa9N
lie started when he did and said to Dr. Sahaiu'
vino was present that he should have seen the cohui
ton Of the leg before and that the bandages ad oee
too fight Dr. Stanard suggested that the leg shouu
come - and Dr. Weir replied that he wonld cut nom
iDs ard then he Went away.
Lon, Wriss Rernard Gunkel and Mary MllIer Ill
corp,lornted the mothers testimony. DR.. hdhuhu
Carlton testified that he saw the boy on January "a
Al that time the toes on the injured foot were deah anu
the foot and lower lee were dying. me boy VIZ tli
ar1 cmaciatei. He went again on February ., MIci
the lct waS amputatad The operation was PcrIorIlcu
in M operating theatre of the hospital, IN tc pfe,enc
81 n nur,br Of medical students. DT. luli VINO inu.
The ampntatnn told the students that they were aDou
IN wines, the sad sight Of modification 1oh)WnS d"
fracturr Tie hOv was also a witness Ne>''I"dN;
lie j., cev.., wears old. His testimony coIJb9E'yl
that given bv the other witnesses. Inc case Will o
continued to-day.