Excerpt from The Buffalo Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 19: January, 1880 With the death of the surgeon or physician a right Of action against him for malpractice absolutely abates and the action in like manner abates upon the death of the wronged patient. One who is injured by the wrongful violence or negligence of another has an action for the damages sustained by him, but, if his death be caused by the violence or negligence, his right of action abates. 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.