Decisions of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board Volume 4 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 Excerpt: ...couldn't definitely decide that, but there is an impaction or driving inwards of the head of the bone. That, however, is an old fracture for the simple reason that you have callous thrown around the ends of the bone. Cross-examination: Q. Doctor, is there anything there that would tell you how long a standing it is? A. Several months standing at least. Q. Gould it be three or four years? A. It could be ten years. Q. And if there were a fracture of old standing and an injury to the elbow severe enough to dislocate it, taking place on January 13, 1919, what effects, if any, would that have on the old fracture--would it aggravate it in any way? A. Not if a fracture. Q. Would it affect the mobilization of the movement of the arm? A. That would depend entirely upon the extent of the injury. From the X-ray, of course, it would be impossible to demonstrate. George T. Rose, Jr. testified that 'he is employed by the defendant company as a Roentgenologist and that he took the pictures of the right and left arm of the claimant. He took the picture of the right arm on the day of the injury and the picture of the left arm on the 9th day of April, 1919. If we had to rely on this testimony alone, we would be in doubt as to whether or not the claimant has lost the total or partial use of his arm as a result of the accident, but at the hearing at Philadelphia, January 9, 1920, two witnesses, Daniel Rolcomb and Sylvester William Schneider, were called as witnesses for the defendant. Daniel Holcomb testified that he was acquainted with the claimant and worked with him at Yard No. 4, Hog Island, at the plant of the defendant company; that the claimant worked about two weeks in July, 1919; that he had the use of both arms and that his right arm was not restricted in...