Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-04-05
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9 B & 3 1854

was further advised that the delay
would likely be dangerous but that
Mr.. Mitchell refused to be operated
on and left the hospital. Aside from
DIR. Moulton. the most important
witness heard SO far was DIR. Allen
Woodcoek of Bangor on the Eastern
Maine General staff, a graduate of
Bodwoin college and Bowdoin medi-
cal and with IS months experience
in war work remembered the time
that DIR. Wilson came with Mr..
Mitchell to the hospital and that he
ordered an X-ray taken of the leg.
He was questioned extensively about
the treatment given by DR.. Moul-
ton at the time Of reducing the frac-
ture according to testimony given.
cordinga to approved methods and
that Mr.. Mitchell was advised by
him and other doctors at the hospi-
tai to have the operation and that
Mr.. Mitchell refused to have 1t, and
that Mr.. Mitchell questioned Mr..
Woodcock about some treatment he
could have at home, concerning hav-
ing the leg set and applying weights.
He said that he did tell DR.. Moulton
to increase the weight to even 40
pounds il necessary.
In cross-examination he was asked
IL he had ever had similar cases and
he said that he had probably had
800 in the Marine Hospital in
Washington. He said that the pa
tient should be kept still while in
the splints: that it was not neces-
sary to disturb the dressing to battle
the leg. and that the splints should
go we'll up under he arm.
afoh NaG Mar
man E. Willis of Harmony and she
said that she went to Mitchells
house the night of the accident when
she heard Mr.. Mitchell calling for
help and that at the request of Mr..
or Mrs. Mitchell she telephoned for
DR.. Wilson. He said that he would
come at once but could not set the
bone as he was not a surgeon and
that one Of the Mitchelrs called DR..
Moulton. Mrs. Willis also said that
on the Tuesday morning after the
accident, she was called to the
Mitchell home to remove the draw
sheet.
The ninth witness was Ralph A.
Denning. He was at the Mitchell
home the night of the accident and
he went to the mill and got a piece
of poplar board out of which he
iidNc a oPAfAt WAASl wac DIN AACl1CS
at one end, three at the other and
four feet eight or ten inches in
length. He said that it was nicely
smoothed and padded. He said that
the doctors told Mr.. Mitchell the
night of the accident that he ought
to go to a hospital for treatment.
He and DR.. Moulton's son assisted
in setting the leg. He said that he
worked away from home about three
weeks before he was there again and
he was surprised to see Mr.. Mitchell
bolstered up in bed in a comfortable
position to smoke, as he remembered
the doctors had told him that he
must lie still.
He was cross examined by DR..
Haskell concerning the splint and
how far it came up under the mans
arm and also the exact position that
he found him in bed at that time.
Mr.. Haskell presented the splints
as the plaintiffs exhibit and and
asked Mr.. Denning If this was the
splint, only that it had been sawed
into. Mr.. Denning said that he
should consider them the same only
that they had been sawed UP.
At this time the court adjourned
until Saturday morning at o'clock.