The opinion of the court was delivered by This is an action for malpractice against a hospital and the
physician in charge of its radiology department to recover for
injuries sustained as the result of radiation therapy with
radioactive cobalt, alleged to have been given in an excessive
amount. The plaintiff (appellant), Irma Natanson, suffering from a
cancer of the breast, had a radical left mastectomy performed on
May 29, 1955. At the direction of Dr. Crumpacker, the surgeon who
performed that operation, the plaintiff engaged Dr. John R.
Kline, a radiologist, for radiation therapy to the site of the
mastectomy and the surrounding areas.
