PATIENT’S HEAVY CLAIM

Hokitika Guardian, 4 December 1924, Page 1

PATIENT’S HEAVY CLAIM

MKMi .M, i-:\ 11)i:.x< iikaiid. A I TKI.AMI. Dei-. (Jii 11! C fviili'm'.' in the rase l»r**iijj.lil liv Aj'iifi Stnuait api'insi Si'.laman. an iii'li:, n lii'i lialisl. claiming C'J'J'il i ;n' n - (■rai ami A'-! A' sp.-rial dantanes. Dr At.hull -anl that tin- drills |>r.--<-idied l.y < !<■ If iii l:t n l were useless ill a >‘nse li!:" .Miss Stewart’s. Tin. al least ni tlir drills wmil'l In 1 liai'infill. Tin.' adlaiiiislratidii id ntt'dii im* iniilainiiiK cM ii half a |;i'ain <>!' npinni I’m' a period nl niiiiitlis v.mild indnee the miiuiii hill'll ami In 1 wry delot-rinns In a pnlii• •1 1 snllciiii.n frimi e\nplithalmic miitro. I) i 11. |J. (.'mis in. i Mils nl tiii :i phv.i- -----! i inn. stall'd l lint lie o>;nlnined tlm I'laint ill. Miss Sti'ivait. in .•misiill at inti wi.lli Dr Slnilv. and Imind In i' heart tn I," l.adlv dilated, with very last pulse, and iimllii'h'iit. ll.' tlm heart was pi'i'inani’iitly i-lioi't»•<!. (’ini' ui ilte n ( |j||'c was piissil.li’ in linn', tint linw-

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(loeoio— for the d,T,*n,'-e. Afr I-inlay said tie- case involved was a sad and serious one .and it was nl first iinimrlonee Hull Im should Im able Pi rail the , uni t Into a pcsition in understand exact I v "lilt the true condition of i,laiutilf was from time to lime. She had —one thrmt-h a curious cycle of events, and hid pas',-d from do-tor to "I- until finally she , am- into tlm tiands of di-fi-mlaid. Aptiaretillv def,.miaul ".is lo lie hlann-d for not stte,.,■.,dip-. It was material lo know wlmt repre.entation defendant made lo (he pc, ml,- concerned, and what wits the nature of their eout rael. wit ll him. Helena Ibis.-warne said site was a re-—i't,-red nurse "dill medical, stir—ieal, and midwifery (|tialifu-at ions. A\ itnos' asked if she mi-lit briu- Calaman lo plaint ill. and bad meiilinm-d a ease 1,- had cored. Sim de-el ibe.l Sa.laman a • an Indian herbalist, and noi as a dict-i-. To tlm knowlod-e of witness Sa.laman did not say aiiythin- aliniß “wtiler lx-in- one in,-It from Iter heart.’ lie did not want to take the ease, bill vitn-'ss persuaded him to -ire r>i.-imtifl .-methin- lo ease her. He told lmr if s ]„ r Ilie first fortni-bt and I oak" his medicines he would have her on her feet in three limut's. lie did be was -oin- to cure lief -oji,v. Plaint ill's eoiiditnui improved, and the family were perfectly sr.ttslk-,1 • ;;> {■« till' List tillK* ''ll*' •“JDV tlirin. 1 ’l:ii- 1 1ill was much worse when she pi,,.aiw Solemn" than she appeared to b.. when I.mu-lit into court on tlm ,I.IV t lie case opened. (filter witnesses loivc evidence f'- , ediu— the 'mess of Salanmn's treatniont uT otli< r < Ileleudatil’s wife. Gladys Salamatt. answei-in- the .lml-e. said that soitm,lutes her Imsli.tnd had forty patients in ~ne da v. and '■ uni .times mu so ni:niy.___