Norwich bulletin., 1916-05-23

N%0AAAkfSA1Sebs4OAeE5& E5&SU4Al1H1IBS1e3EGTs JExMEH J. Donohue has made his finding in the case of Ida Theroux. of WiisonvilIe. widow and dependent Of Nelson The roux, claimant va. The shore Line Electric company and the finding was nied n the superior court office in this city on Monday.
 The hearing was held at the office of Commissioner Donohue on the morning of April 2sth.
 1t is found that the decedent was in the employ of the respondent at and while at work lacking up one end of car in some manner the jack handle struck him on the head bel hind the right ear and also across the fracturing the same, but there ap- peared to be no fracture of the skull
 After this injury. which was one which arose out Of and in the course of the decedent's employment, he re- malned in bed for about two months and since that time had had difficulty in walking or using his arms and had constantly lost hesh, and his speech had been hesitating and uncertain and he had showed signs of his mind fail- ing. In addition to the hesitancy of speech he had great difnculty in hnd- ing the words he wanted to use to express his thoughts and eve nthe words he used it was hard to under stand and evidently a condition of sphasia had developed according to the statement of the physician who examined him and which statement was dated Feb. IA, 1916
 This same physician, Dr. Charles w. Brunin9haus of Worcester, also 12, 1916. that at the time of his ex- animation on the same date, the pa tient walked with an unsteady gait and pronounced left haemiplegiA; that at the time Of the accident the patient had a cerebral hemorrhage which effected some portion of the motor tract of the brain. and that the i slight incoordination which exhibited ! itself was due to the extension of l the trouble into the cerebeliun1. It Is found that the death of Nell son Theroux which occurred on April 8, 1916, was attributable to the injury received by him on the 24th day of May, 1914, and that it occurred within period of two years following the l injury
 On the medical certificate of death, ! which was signed by Dr. l.. J. Papi- neau of Webster, Mass, the attending I physician, the cause of death was given as '.BIow received on head to be General debility" both very indefinite terms and terms which | should hardly be acceptable as a cor rect and definite cause of death, and 1 the respondent was requested to gel a. more definite statement from the physician as to the exact cause ol death with the result that letter was written by the attending physi- elan, stating that the cause of death was CerebelIum Tumor caused by a blow received on the head.'
 l As there was no poSt-mortem exam ination to definitely decide the char l acter of the injury to the brain and the attending physician makes the statement as given in paragraph 8, il is to be assumed that there is exist ing a casual connection between the death and the injury which the de cedent received on May 24. 1914.
 The information regarding the p11y-
 sical condition Of the decedent which was of most value was the statement
 submitted by pr. Bruninghaus oi
 Worcester, Mass.
 On the date of the examination, the
 patient showed a marked sclerose6 condition of the arteries, but thi.
 sclerosed- condition of his arteries X not found to be the result of the in
 jury of May A, z1916 but is rather 2
 process which extends over a long
 period, and while that may have play. ed some part in the ultimate unfav- orable result. it cannot effect the maiT
 question. It is very clearly evident cause. and while the degenerativt process has been slow, it is clearly attributable to the injury received bJ
 the decedent on the date in ques-
 ticn.
 The decedent left surviving him 2
 widow who is named in the captior
 as the claimant, and four children, al
 of whom have reached their majority
 and from the testimony it is found
 that the widow was living with hel husband at the time of his injury anC
 subsequent death and was regularl1
 receiving support from him, and tha , she is the sole dependent
 Following the injury on May 24