McDonald v. Massachusetts General Hospital

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts · Decided 1876-06-26

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Deveíts, J. The ground upon which the plaintiff seeks to maintain this action is that the defendant undertook, through its agents and servants, to treat his broken leg, and that this was done so negligently and unskilfully that he was permanently injured. It does not become necessary to consider whether the defendant, as it contends, consented only to provide for the plaintiff a hospital bed, food and other comforts, while the at…

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