Severe Brain Injury Vanishes Suddenly

Grey River Argus, 29 March 1948, Page 5

Severe Brain Injury Vanishes Suddenly

SYDNEY, March 26. Under the heading “Strange Diagnosis,” the Sydney “Daily ’telegraph discusses medical statements on the condition of the Communist member of the Queensland Parliament, Mr. Fred Paterson, who was injured nj a street clash between strikers and the police. “A doctor said that Mr. Patterson had suffered a severe brain injury, concussion, and shock, y.nd that he was in a serious condition,” states the “Daily Telegraph”. 'Now we find that the doctor who diagnosed Mr. Patterson’s injuries so sensationally was a Dr. Julius, and that this man is a brother of Mr. Max Julius, the Communist barrister, who was with Mr. Pdtterson watching an illegal demonstration when Mr. Paterson was hurt. Dr. Julius may be only an excitable physician, or weak on diagnosis, or he may be lending his • brother Max a comradely hand to hot up propaganda. “The fact remains that Mr. Paterson, despite his serious condition of a week ago, is out of hospital. This incident demonstrates one- thing—that the Communists never miss a trick.”