The St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 61

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The St. Louis Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 61: July-December, 1891 The plaintiff was injured by being struck and thrown into the Hudson river by some cars which were backed onto a oat in the water. The coupling of the cars was broken by the strain of a steep incline, and they struck the oat with great force. The verdict can be taken as an indication that employers will be held to a strict account for a failure to inspect tools and machinery. The following summary of the case is given in one of the daily papers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."