TY  - JOUR
T1  - A postmortem after a malpractice suit
AU  - Baldwin JF
Y1  - 1909/08/07
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1909.02550060046013
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 470
EP  - 470
VL  - LIII
IS  - 6
N2  - To the Editor: 
    —In the proceedings of the American Academy of Medicine, as published in The Journal, July 17, Dr. James A. Spalding, of Portland, Me., reported the case of a malpractice suit in which subsequently a postmortem examination was made, and he asks for information if other such postmortems have been held.Some thirty years ago a suit for malpractice was brought in Belmont county, O., the charge being that the attending physician had failed to recognize and reduce a dislocation of the hip. The plaintiff, some months after the accident, came to Columbus and was examined by two of the most prominent surgeons of this city who made a diagnosis of dislocation and attempted to reduce it by pulleys (this being the only time I have ever seen pulleys used). I was the "cub" and gave the anesthetic, but made no examination of the case. Their efforts being
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1909.02550060046013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.02550060046013
ER  -