WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
This is an action for malpractice in which the plaintiff contends that defendant, an admittedly capable surgeon enjoying an outstanding reputation in this community, negligently left a sponge in the operative wound following a radical mastectomy for the removal of a breast cancer, and thereafter negligently failed to render proper post-operative treatment.
The operation was performed on January 24, 1957. Plaintiff remained...
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