An authentic report of a trial before the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine, for the county of Washington, June term, 1824
Subtitle: Charles Lowell vs. John Faxon & Micajah Hawks, surgeons and physicians, in an action of trespass on the case, for ignorance and negligence in their professional treatment of the plff's dislocated hip : with observations on the prejudices and conduct of the inhabitants of Eastport, in regard to this cause : the character and testimony of the several witnesses, and the novel, and extraordinary positions assumed by the court.
Contributors: Faxon, John, 1763-1826.; Hawks, Micajah.; Maine. Supreme Judicial Court.; Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Jacob Bailey Moore Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress); Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Printed for the author
Published: 1825
Place of publication: Portland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 29
Subjects: Lowell, Charles, 1793-1858 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Faxon, John, 1763-1826 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Hawks, Micajah -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Malpractice) -- Maine.; Physicians -- Malpractice -- Maine.; Hip joint -- Dislocation.
Genres: Trials, litigation, etc.
Notes: Shoemaker 21263
Cohen, M.L.  Bib. of early Amer. law, 11996
Signed on p. 29: Charles Lowell, Machias, January 1, 1825.