Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-01-13


Street Railway was resumed at the OPP
ening Of the session it was admitted By
agreement that the bill Of DR.. George A.
Coombs and Of Dr. u S. Goodrich was
each SEQ.
Defense
IN opening the defense Attorney Nell
son stated that in the case there was
no question as to the liability. that it
was a question of damages only and
that the defendant corporation wanted
to pay the plaintiff Just sum. And he
stated that he thought Mrs. Caron had
a bad limb with varicose veins. previous
TO the collision, and that now she is
suffering from inflammation Of the knee
joint.
six witnesses were sworn for the de-
PENDANT corporation.
George w Bowie Of Lewiston. gener-
al superintendent Of this section of the
defendant company. testified that sub
sequent 70 the accident in company with
Claude Q. Cole Of Augusta he called
upon Mrs. Caron at her home at Win
throp. Mrs. Caron was in bed and was
complaining Of the injury to her leg.
seemed in no hurry for settlement.
Witness testified that Mrs. Caron had
said If il had not been her lame leg
she would not have thought so much
about It and that she had varicose veins
in the limb which was injured. Wit
ness had seen her but once since and
that time al Lewiston. Mrs. Caron at
that time had said the limb was swol-
len and bothered her If she had to stand
upon it for long time.
Claude c. Cole Of Augusta. local man
ager Of the defendant corporation. tes-
tilted to the call which ne and Mr.. Bowie
had made upon Mrs. Caron and stated
that Mrs. Caron had said she wouldn't
have much complaint if it had been her
other leg which was injured, that she
had varicose veins in the left leg more
than the other. and that on this account
il had caused her much worry.
DR.. Edison s. Cummings of Lewiston
gave testimony regarding two X-Ray
pictures which he took in November
1915. Of Mrs. Caron's limb. He said the
two plates were negative as TO any frac-
ture Of bone. any rupture Of tendon or
dislocation Of joint. The doctor explain
ed the plates TO the jury and he told the
result of the physical examination
made Thursday. In his opinion Mrs.
Carons trouble is an infiammatory con-
dition outside Of the joint proper.
condition that yields readily to treat
ment. Witness thought Mrs Caron
would recover in three months under
proper care and he testified that there
was no evidence Of any injury to the
external popiteal nerve.
Witness upon cross examination
said 4 diseased bone would show diff
ferent shadows on the N-ray plate and
he SAID that lighter shadow in the
picture Of the bone indicated a rough
part Of the surface there to which the
ligaments are attached. Dr. Cummings
testified that the plaintiff was given
prints Of the X-ray plates, and that he
had the right and title to the plates.
Witness found no fault with DR.. Bad
gers treatment Of the injured limb
DR.. w. H. Harris of Augusta testi-
fed regarding a physical examination
which he and DR.. A. H. Sturtevant had
made Of the plaintiff Or Sept - He
had seen groups of varicose veins on
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knee but he had found no evidence of
acute Inflammation of the limb. He
testified that the appearance of the
knee joint would indicate a more or
less chronic infiammatory condition of
the covering of the knee joint. He had
found no evidence of injury to the
popiteal nerve and he testified if the
nerve was badly injured there would
be paralysis. Witness thought that the
inflamed condition would yield readily
to treatment and he described the
method of treatment he would adopt.
DR.. A. H. Sturtevant Of Augusta tes-
tilted about the examination he and
/ DR.. Harris had made of Mrs. Caron and
thought that the condition he found
would yield to treatment. He had found
inflammation OF the superficial struc-
ture of the knee
The next witness was DR.. +. 6. Alb
bolt of Portland, who speclallzcs in
the treatment of deformities and in
jures Of bones and joints. He had ex-
amined Mrs. Caron Thursday when
she was examined BY other surgeons,
and he testified he had found some
swelling of the limb and he had no
ticed that the varicose veins We're
larger in the left leg than in the other.
He thought the infiammed condition
would yield readily to treatment.
Witness upon cross examination by
Attorney Maher said that in his opin
ion the chief trouble was with varicose
veins and there was also trouble with
the structure about the joint. He tes
tilted he had found the patella bones
in both legs in normal condition. Up
on redirect examination he described
treatment he would employ and said
he would expect recovery.
Rebuttai
In rebuttal the plaintiff. Mrs. Caron,
gave testimony rehutting the testi-
mony Of Messrs. Bowie and Cole re-
garding her statements upon the oc-
casion Of their call upon her.
Dr. H. ]. Frederick said in his opin-
ion a varicose condition Of veins would
not produce the condition he now finds.
DR.. Forrest H. Badger Of Winthrop
testified that he had taken steps to
produce immortality Of the joint in
his treatment. that the limb was kept
in splint until short time after Mrs.
Caron went to Lewiston for the X-Ray
pictures, and that the plaintiff was in
bed three weeks in the event Of the
recurrence Of the trouble.
DR.. G. A. Coombs testified regarding
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