Ruth v. Dight

Supreme Court of Washington · Decided 1969-04-10

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Hale, J. There is a saying that what one does not know does not hurt him, but, when it comes to surgical operations, this old bromide has turned out to be no more than half a truth. Nature has a mysterious way at times of hiding mishaps in surgery, and cases are legion where foreign-objects such as sponges, scalpels, forceps and hemostats have been inadvertently left in a surgical w…

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