NIELSEN v. MILLIGAN

Docket No. 17585.

100 Cal.App.2d 40 (1950)

222 P.2d 916

LAURA R. NIELSEN, Respondent, v. F.L. MILLIGAN, M.D., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

October 19, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Delvy T. Walton for Appellant.

Keslar, Woodward & Weissman and James T. Woodward for Respondent.


DRAPEAU, J.

Because plaintiff was overweight, she consulted defendant, a physician and surgeon, specializing in the treatment of obesity. He explained his treatment: special capsules to be taken three times a day, and injections in either the arm or buttock of aqua solution of the pituitary gland. Defendant gave plaintiff her first injection on July 18, 1947, to wit: "I took the syringe with the needle attached from...

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