Essays and addresses
And the beneficial result which Digby referred to the vitriol followed from vis medi- catrix Natures, old Dame Natures own remedy. In the Supreme Court of Ontario, a medicolegal case has recently been decided which will be of in- terest to many medical men. Doctor Mitchell took out an accident insurance policy in the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York ; a few days thereafter, he was thrown from his berth in a Pullman car and sprained his wrist. The injury did not improve as expected ow- ing to tuberculous infection ; and it appeared to be permanent. The policy called for $150 a week for total disability, "however long continued, if resulting from accident directly, independently, and exclu- sively of all other causes"; the company held that the accident was not the only cause and refused to pay. prev     next
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