New Ulm review., 1922-12-27
WOMAN AWARDED
$l2,698 DAMAGES
AGAINST RAILROAD
Miss Nora Larson Secures
Huge Sum From
Northwestern.
DIR. ROSENAU DESCRIBES
MANTLE PARALYSIS
Declares Germ Travels By
Blood and Nerves To
Spinal Cord.

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After being out seven hours, a jury
in district court last Thursday brought
in verdict of S12,698 for Miss Nora
Larson, 27 years old, in her suit for.
$4,000 damages against the Chicago
& Northwestern railroad.
Miss Larscn who lives on farm near
Ellsworth, Wis, alleged that her legs
wer paralyzed and she was rendered g
helpless invalid as the result OF
brakeman showing her on the train
at North Lake, Wis, on August 8,
1921.
The railroad introduced testimony to
show that Miss Larson had been|
quarantined for infantile paralysis,
four days after the alleged accident
and charged that her present condition
was due to that disease.
w Many Experts Testify.
Both sides used expert medical
testimony. Among the New Ulm
physicians appearing in the case were:
DR.. O. C. Strickler, DR.. L. A. Fritsc,e
and DR.. j. H. Vogel. Among the
Others called was Dr.. Edward Carl
Rosenow of Rochester, world famous
authority on infantile paralysis.
Miss Larson was brought into the
courtroom in wheeled chair. She
was carried to the witness stand by
her father. She told the jury that
she had boarded a Northwestern train.
to visit an uncle and aunt residing st
Kaeses, Wis, near Milwaukee. AT
North Branch she had been ordered
off the train by brakeman w..o
told her that it was her destination.
When the brakeman found out his
mistake he ordered her back on tne
train. She alleged she was showed
on to the train without the assistenc ce
of brakeman's step or stool with
the result that she injured her spine.
Railroad Not to Blame.
The railroad, on the other hand,
claimed that she had got of OF tae
train and again mounted into 1t OF
her own volition. But the main ar
gument in the defense of the railroad
was the contention that Miss Larson
had been attacked by infantile paraly-
sis four days after the accident. Sne
had been quarantined for 16 weeks at
the home of her uncle and aunt be-
fore she was able to return, to her own
home, according to testimony intro
duced.
DR., Rosenow on Stand.
The outstanding testimony OF the
defendants medical experts was that
of DR.. Rosenow who related in dram
attic fashion the great fight against
infantile paralysis and of his success
in finding a serum which would stay
the ravages of the disease and effect
cures where the treatment was started
in time. He had made an examlna-
ton of Miss Larson, he declared, and
was positive that her present condition
was caused by infantile paralysis.
-. Disease is Peculiar.
Zone of the peculiarities OF thi
disease is the reason it selects strong
healthy person for its attack Whel
there appear to be no other cases in th'
vicinity" DR.. Rosenow said. "Th'
answer is that the victim has every
thing Just right for the disease to oc
cur. The pains usually begin two @
three days before the paralysis sets in
''The germ may come from some
body else who has the disease. Or
germ closely related to the virus Q
infantile paralysis may acquire thi
particular power in the body OF tn
individual. It is possible, also, tha
there are infantile paralysis carrier
who transmit the disease TO other
without suffering from it themselves.
Germ Has Long Life.
From my Investigations | kno1
that the paralysis germ is 50 fiae tha
it will go through bacteria filters aa
that it will continue to live for years
The germ comes from the nose
throats, teeth or tonsils and can b
coughed out. The germ produces
low grade inflammation Of the nos
and throat. It travels either by th
blood or the nerves Of the throat until
reaches the brain and thea the spin
cord.
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