[DOWNLOAD] "Joseph T. Morwin v. Albany Hospital" by Supreme Court of New York # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Joseph T. Morwin v. Albany Hospital
- Author : Supreme Court of New York
- Release Date : January 23, 1959
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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[7 A.D.2d 582 Page 583] The defendant-appellant, Albany Hospital, appeals from a judgment of the Albany County Court entered against it, upon a
jury verdict of $2,500 in favor of the plaintiff-respondent. Appellant was held liable on the doctrine of respondeat superior
for the alleged negligence of its assistant resident anesthetist, in the performance of an endotracheal intubation (a method
of administering anesthesia) in connection with an operation to remove a large parapharyngeal space abscess in respondent's
mouth near the upper left molar. It is necessary in an endotracheal intubation to insert a tube into the mouth or nostrils,
then through the trachea and into the lungs. In order to find the opening to the trachea at the back of the throat a laryngoscope
is used. This instrument is lighted and the anesthetist can depress the tongue and observe the trachea. Due to the abscessed
condition, respondent's mouth could only be partially opened which made it more difficult than usual to insert the laryngoscope.
During this procedure, respondent's upper right central incisor tooth was broken off.