(1.) PARALYSIS

The Appellate Division, unanimously and without opinion, has affirmed awards for paralysis and death due to a blow on the arm and shoulder from a piece of iron: Farrell v. Swett Iron Works, Case No. 8433, May 7, 1917; Death Case, No. 9257, Aug. 16, 1917; 184 App. Div. 919, May 8, 1918.

The Commission has granted awards in cases of injuries from a violent fall causing dislodgment of an embolus in Leavy v. Sun Printing and Publishing Ass'n, S. D. R., vol. 16, p. 452, Apr. 29, 1918; injuries suffered from assault or a fall in Lorchitsky v. Gotham Folding Box Co., S. D. R., vol. 18, p. 616, Bul., vol. 4, p. 89, Dec. 23, 1918; and injuries necessitating removal of an eyeball in Christensen v. Hess Co., Bul., vol. 4, p. 119; but has denied awards for paralysis claimed to have been due to a fall against a projection: Lantz v. Treyz & Co., S. D. R., vol. 16, p. 479, Bul., vol. 3, p. 200, May 10, 1918; to overexertion in shoveling coal: Hansen v. American Real Estate Co., S. D. R., vol. 18, p. 630, Bul., vol. 4, p. 93, Jan. 15, 1919; and to injury of a hand: McGurgan v. Burns Bros., S. D. R., vol. 19, p. 434, Bul., vol. 4, p. 91, Jan. 22, 1919. Syphilitic complications characterized the Farrell, Christensen and Lantz cases; alcoholism the McGurgan case. The Appellate Division affirmed the Lorchitsky award unanimously and without opinion, Dec. 29,

1919.

(2.) TETANUS

A wool sorter in a packing house and abattoir contracted tetanus and died of lockjaw. He was taken ill while at work. Germs from hides he was handling presumably found their way into his body through cracks and crevices in his hands due to eczema. The courts affirmed award to his widow without opinion: Hart v. Wilson & Co., Death Case, No. 55236, Apr. 23, 1918; 186 App. Div. 926, Nov. 13, 1918; 227 N. Y. Rep. —, July 15, 1919. The Commission awarded death benefits to the widow of a temporary helper in a railroad yard who caught his finger in the door of a freight car that he was trying to close and died of tetanus as a result. The Appellate Division affirmed the award. Dissenting opinion in the case appears above, page 51: Farrington v. U. S. R. R. Administration, S. D. R., vol. 20, p. 365, Feb. 24, 1919; - App. Div., Dec. 29, 1919.

(3.) MYELITIS

A chauffeur strained his spinal muscles and died of acute inflammation of the spinal cord; the courts affirmed death benefits: Stevens v. Consol. Ice Co., 189 App. Div. 915; 226 N. Y. 698.

r. Nose and Air Passages, Glanders

An employee died of glanders contracted from the breath of his employer's horse. The Commission awarded benefits to his widow and son, but the Appellate Division reversed the award and dismissed the claim: Richardson v. Greenberg, S. D. R., vol. 18, p. 552, Bul., vol. 4, p. 28, Oct. 30, 1918; 188 App. Div. 248, May 19, 1919. Lengthy court opinions in the case have been presented above, pages 36-45.

s. Pleura

On ground that the evidence was uncorroborated hearsay, the Court of Appeals, with opinion, reversed the award and remitted the claim in a case of sarcoma of the pleura and ribs claimed to have been due to a blow from a casting: Belcher v. Carthage Machine Co., Death Case, No. 3757, Oct. 4, 1917; 184 App. Div. 922, May 17, 1918; 224 N. Y. 326, Oct. 29, 1918. The opinion is in Bulletin 95, pages 287-289. Pleural pneumonia was a feature of Seidenzahl v. Beaulieu Vineyard Distributing Co. and pleurisy of Folts v. Robertson and Alberts v. Barton Lighterage Co. These cases are noticed above under the title "Pneumonia."

t. Skin and Subjacent Tissues; Anthrax, Erysipelas, Ludwig's Angina Award for anthrax entering through a wound incurred outside of employment has been affirmed by the Appellate Division in Eldridge v. Endicott, Johnson & Co., noticed above, page 32. Erysipelas figured as an alleged result of the employee's running a sliver in his thumb in the disallowed claim of Herron v. Bajusz, S. D. R., vol. 18, p. 626, Bul., vol. 4, p. 103, Jan. 15, 1919. A laborer whose work was forging shells died of Ludwig's angina, an inflammation of the submaxillary gland; the Commission found that the disease had been caused by infection from burns upon the face by small particles of steel; the Appellate Division affirmed awards to the employee's widow and children unani

mously and without opinion: Lebendick v. Bossert Corp., Death Case, No. S-10612; App. Div. -, Nov. 21, 1919.

u. Stomach

The foreman of a lumber yard died of injuries received while unloading lumber. One explanation offered for his death was aggravation of a stomach cancer. The Appellate Division affirmed an award to his widow unanimously and without opinion: Carman v. Loper Bros., S. D. R., vol. 14, p. 727, Bul., vol. 3, p. 117, Jan. 2, 1918; 185 App. Div. 901, July 2, 1918. A previously existing ulcer of the stomach was aggravated by a blow in Neufield v. Stern & Son, award in which was affirmed unanimously and without opinion: Case No. 69433, Oct. 4, 1918; 187 App. Div. 962, Mar. 5, 1919.

M. INTERNAL INJURIES

Cases of invisible injury to internal parts and organs of the body have been reviewed in Bulletin 81, pages 256, 305, and Bulletin 87, pages 232-248. Further cases are as follows:

1. OPINIONS AND DECISIONS

Presentation here of opinions and decisions for the period of this Bulletin follows and continues the alphabetical presentation of Bulletin 87, pages 232-248. Classification is according to parts of the body primarily affected by the accidents.

a. Back

Some porters were lifting a case weighing six hundred and fifty pounds from the sidewalk to an auto-truck; two of them let go without warning throwing the weight upon a third lifter, the tendons of whose back were ruptured by the strain; the employer discharged the injured porter for inability to make heavy lifts; the Commission awarded compensation to him; the Appellate Division affirmed the award unanimously and without opinion: Smith v. Ellis & Son, Case No. 350934, Feb. 7, 1919; App. Div. Nov. 12, 1919.

b. Brain

The Appellate Division has unanimously affirmed awards of death benefits in the cases of an employee who fractured the base of his skull by falling from a stool: Taylor v. Ansco Co., Death File, No. 18048, Mar. 28, 1917; 179 App. Div. 967, Sept. 28, 1917; an employee who received a blow in the head which caused a blood clot on his brain and tubercular meningitis: Schlenker V. Garford Motor Truck Co., Case No. 34568, Nov. 7, 1917; 183 App. Div. 166, May 8, 1918; an employee who fell from a truck upon the back of his head and was kicked by a horse with resultant blood clot and congestion of the brain: Casey v. Borden's Condensed Milk Co., Bul., vol. 3, p. 6, Aug. 13, 1917; 182 App. Div. 907, Jan. 18, 1918; Case No. 8534, Feb. 18, 1918; 185 App. Div. 900, July 2, 1918; and an employee thrown from a truck upon his head by sudden starting of horses, headaches and dizziness resulting: Sheridan v. Trainer Construction Co., Case No. 71651, Apr. 3, 1918; 187 App. Div. 915, Jan. 15, 1919.

The Commission reheard a claim for compensation on account of dizziness, nausea and nervous disorders alleged to have been caused by a blow upon the head from a falling timber and reserved decision pending effort to locate missing witnesses: Morse v. Grace Contracting Co., Bul., vol. 4, p. 179.

c. Ear

A lumber handler struck his head against a screw in the ceiling of a car that he was unloading. His injury developed a perforation of the drum of his ear. Upon appeal from an award to him, his employer claimed that there had been no proof of disability. The Appellate Division affirmed the award unanimously and without opinion: Nokransky v. Mosson Bros., Case No. 326742, June 6, 1919; App. Div. -, Dec. 29, 1919.

d. Eye

Though not strictly internal, injuries to the eye are generally so subtle as to warrant notice under this title. Illustrative cases are: Kelly v. Hinrichs Co., S. D. R., vol. 19, p. 470, Bul., vol. 4, p. 130, Feb. 25, 1919; Butera v. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co., S. D. R., vol. 20, p. 392, Bul., vol. 4, p. 176, May 13, 1919; Eckert v. Lalance & Grosjean Mfg. Co., S. D. R., vol. 20, p. 427, Bul., vol. 4, p. 190, May 28, 1919, and Kumpf v. Tashenberg Bros., Bul., vol. 5, p. 26.

A watchman and telephone operator lost the sight of his right eye. He claimed that the wind had blown a foreign substance into the eye as he was ascending an open stairway upon his employer's premises. His employer appealed from an award to him on the ground that the loss of the eye had been due to internal bodily disease. The Appellate Division affirmed the award unanimously and without opinion: Weldon v. Holbrook, Cabot & Rollins Corp., Case No. 376395, July 14, 1919; Dec. 29, 1919.

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App. Div.

A chip of steel flew into the eye of a motor assembler. Upon appeal from an award for injury the employer claimed prejudice for want of proper notice of the accident. The Appellate Division affirmed the award unanimously and without opinion: Franklin v. Pierce-Arrow Motor Co., Case No. B-11599, May 9, 1919; Dec. 29, 1919. App. Div.