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Show COURT PROCEEDINGS. Third District Court, McKcan, C. J., presiding. Tuesday, April li. W. U. Jenae rs. W. F. Andersoo, M. D., a suit brought by plaintiff to recover $.v0,000 for damages Euitained by him, bytthe alleged malprxctice of defendant in amputating p'ainttfTs leg; Marshall k Royle for plaintiff, Hempstead & Kirkpatrick for defend-, defend-, anL After summoning several tales-1 tales-1 men, a jury was obtained, and case opened. J. C. Roucdy was the first witness cailed. He tetiUed thit ha lives at Wanship, Summit coonty, was brother-in-law of plaintiff; saw him soon alter the accident; the left ankle waj dislocated, dislo-cated, and some bones broke which stuck through the ekin;fbot was twited Borne; this was od July l.'th, l.-Oi. Witness started after Or. Anderson a few moments alter the accident, but did not gel back to Wanship until sunrise sun-rise next morning; was absent about fourteen hours. The doctor talked with plaintiff, and tod hiia that he wouid not amputate the limb; gave him chloroform, and alter examining the ankle, thought it would be best to take the foot off, but would not do so, unless tho relatives would sanction it. Witness told plaintiff's mother what the doctor said. She told the doctor to do the eame as he would with his own son, but wouid like to have th-i toy wakened, and say what he wished done. The doctor then amputated am-putated the leg, tbrto inches above the ankle; it was about one half hour before everything was fixed properly, before the doctor commenced to cut, he put something on the leg, above the knee, to stop the blood from running; Beveral persons were in the room at the time. Witness thought that the stitches, which were taken in sewiog up the flaps, were too close together, beiog only a quarter to half an inch apart. He had never seen a limb amputated before; did not recollect recol-lect what medicine was given to plaintiff plain-tiff internally; the doctor told the attendants at-tendants to apply cloths, wet in cold water, to the leg, and to give him light food. Witness started back to Salt Lake with the doctor, two or three bours after the amputation; this was on Saturday, and on Monday ho went back to Wanship, taking Mr. Richards Rich-ards with him as a nurse for plaintiff, l'he doctor gave Mrs. R. instructions concerning tho treatment of the patient, pa-tient, tho same instructions that he had given before he left plaintiff. The limb continued to grow moro inflamed, and began to turn b!a?k. Mrs. R. wrote every day to Dr. Anderson, and on the 2jth or 26th witness went to Salt Like after him, but tho doctor would not go back with him. Witness told the doctor the condition of the leg. He went back to Wanship on tho next day, and found plaintiff much worse. The limb was very much inflamed, and for two or three inches above the cut, it had becomo black. Ho found the plaintiff suffering, greatlv, and his friends were fearful lest mortification should set in, and tbey were so far removed re-moved from any doctor that his mother was afraid that belbrc one could arrive plaintiff would die. Immediately went after tho dootor cgain The doctor went to seo patient, and said that the black flesh would slump off; but would grow again, and would not interfere with wearing au artiticial foot. Do l tor prescribed a charcoal aud yeast poultice. poul-tice. The family told the dootor, if the pg must be cut off again, they desired that it ;-hould be done then, before it affected the knee. The dootor said it woald not be cut ofl ugaiu. The leg continued to grow worse until the 1st .of August, when witness came for the dootor, who then said that another amputation wai necessary, but he did not led safe in doing it alone; therefore, sent witness to Echo wi'.u a telegram to Or. Tail, io Salt 'Lake. Or. Tait arrived at Wanship at sundown of samo day. Or. Ander-sou Ander-sou was opposed to taking off the leg that night, but Or. Tait urgedjit.thero-foro urgedjit.thero-foro tho amputation was made. They were three-fourths of an hour in the operation. Plaintiff was under tke influence of chloroform, and witness thought he was dying; said: "Doctor, this boy is about gone;" the doctor Baid to givo him more air. Several daya passed before tlio plaintiff was in his right mind again; Im breath was short and quick and face pale. The stitches wore not to close together as tho first were. Dr. Tait to d Anderson Ander-son not to make the stitches do close. Dootor Anderson went to Salt Lake next day. and Or. Tait went to Coal-vil.c. Coal-vil.c. On the following day Dr. Tail returned, and told the attendant to give the plaintiff some wine, or ho would die. Witness made soventy-two soventy-two miles, in six and a half hours and got somo wino, which had a good effect on tho plaintiff, plain-tiff, who commenced to recover immediately. imme-diately. Tho next tiuio wiloess came to town for Dr. Anderson, tho doctor would not go, but sent a nolo to Dr. Tait, who went with witness, but did nothing for tho plaintiff. This was about two weeks after the amputation, and the bono in the leg was projecting, and had turned black. The amputation of tho bono was about October 10th, l67. Tho witness was cross-examined by major Hempstead for thedefenco. His testimony was about tho samo as in chief, except that ho was not so positive posi-tive as to dates and times of tho day. Tho cross-examination will be con-inucd con-inucd this morning. Court adjourned to It) a.m. of Wcd-nisday. 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