TY  - JOUR
T1  - A surgical sponge and medical malpractice in 1856
AU  - Rutkow IM
Y1  - 1999/10/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.134.10.1158
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 1158
EP  - 1158
VL  - 134
IS  - 10
N2  - 
King of William was shot by James Casey, a corrupt politician, in the left side of the chest. King of William was immediately taken to his office at the Pacific Express, which ultimately became his death chamber, as tens of physicians manually explored the wound and in a cacophony of divided opinion decided to have a sponge inserted in the bullet entrance site to tamponade further bleeding. Almost immediately, cries of surgical malpractice were initiated by Richard Beverly Cole (1829-1901), a physician who had been a close friend of King of William, against the many other medical men involved in the management of the case, particularly Hugh Hughes Toland (1806-1880), the state's best known surgeon.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.134.10.1158
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.10.1158
ER  -