A DENTIST'S LIABILITIES.
We learn from an exchange that " the decision of Judge M'Adam, in & recent suit before the Marine Court of Yew York, brought; by .Thomas J.j Kelly against the dentist Colton, to recover for injuries caused.by allowing a piece of tooth which' was being ek- 1 tracted io drop down,the plaintiff's, throat while he was under the influence of laughing-gas, is one full of importance, not only to the dentists, but to general, surgeons; aa well. It is alleged that the piece of tooth slipped from the forceps, and for. four weeks thereafter the plaintiff was troubled with a cough until he finally expectorated the piece. The Court held that whilo a patient was Sunder the infiV ence of an anawthetio' whioh deprived himof;the use : of the operator was bound > to* exercise the highest professional skill and diligence to:avoid every possible danger, and in tbiacase it yas the"opinion of the Court that the' circumstances shown i were sufficient to carry the case to the jury on: the; question of'negligence. The judgment appealed from; was in favor of the plaintiff...for SOOdol damages, and this judgment was affirmed by the present .decision."
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 8 May 1883, Page 2
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192A DENTIST'S LIABILITIES. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1373, 8 May 1883, Page 2
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