The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-18
RADlOGRAPH IN EVIDENCE.
AN x-RAY PICTURE INTRODUCED IN
DAMAGE SUIT.

City COurt-A Plea Making the Hos
pitaI Contract "a Feature introduce
ed by the Company's Attorney, BuI
Afterwards Withdrawn-W. 5.
Price Sues for $4,000 Damages for
Injuries Received Mt Savannah
Jan. =, 1S0S.
The trial of the suit of W. s. Price
against the Savannah, Florida and West
ern Railway Company for $1s,e00 damages
was begun in the City Court yesterday
The plaintiff was employed as a yard
foreman by the company in its yards al
Savannah. and on Jan s, 1898, was caught
between some cars which he was assisting
in moving from side track being badly
bruised and crushed. His left arm, Shout
der and side were all badly injured. The
injuries. or some of them, are permanent
and Mr.. Prices left arm and shoulder are
useless.
The feature of the case yesterday was
the introduction of life-sized Photograph
or X-ray picture, taken of the plaintiff
by Dr. E. r. Corson, one of the physi-
clans who was in attendance upon him.
The picture shows the whole figure from
the waist up showing plainly the bones,
ligaments and the outline of the muscles.
1t is the largest picture of the kind ever
seen in Savannah, and is a remarkable
piece of work of it's kind. Until the pic
ture was produced in court there were
few people in Savannah who were aware
that it was possible to obtain a picture
of this size by the X-ray process or to
attain anything like the perfection exhib-
tied in the picture. The purpose of the
picture is to show the injuries TO the bones
and ligaments Of the left shoulder as the
result of the accident. 1t is considered
valuable evidence by the plaintiffs attor-
neys
The technical description inscribed upon
the picture by Dr.. Corsol is as follows:
"Radiograph of left shoulder of w. S.
| Price, injured in railway accident. dag
nosis Fibrous anchylOsis of shoulder and
elbow; aTophy of muscles of shoulder
blade and shoulder proper; shoulder blade
tilted inward; humerus rotated on its long
axis and its head a half inch at least
out of it's natural relation to the shoulder
girdle. This is all evident in comparing
the injured side with the sound side"
DR.. Van Marter, who was associated
with DR.. Corson in attendance upon Mr..
Price explained the Photograph to the
| jury. The plaintiff was also stripped to
the waist, and his injured side was ex
hibted TO the jury, the character of the
! injuries being explained by Dr.. Van Mar
| ter. Dr. COrson's testimony at a former
| trial of the case was read to the jury
Apparently Mr.. Prices left arm and Shout
| der are entirely useless, and both are con-
| siderably emaciated.
| The case is an interesting one but there
| was an outlook yesterday that it would
| prove of unusual interest by reason of the
| introduction of the Plant Systems relief
| and hospital department as a main feature
/ of the case This prospect was unfortu-
nately spoiled by the withdrawal of the
/ plea relating 90 the relief and hospital de-
partment by the attorney for the railway
| company The case was tried a. the June
! term of the court a year ago, and a YER
| dict for $500 was awarded the plaintiff.
! In the defendants answer at the former
| trial the services rendered to the plaintiff
| by the relief and hospital department were
briefly mentioned Judge Norwood how
| ever. ordered this portion of the answer
! stricken out. The attorneys for the rail-
| way company secured a new trial and IN
| granting the new trial Judge Norwood
| gave them permission to make use of the
plea that the plaintiff was barred from
| recovering by reason of his contract with
| the relief and hospital department and
| the compensation rendered by ii in accord
| ance with the contract.
The attorneys for the Plaintiff were
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