Retrolental Fibroplasia Malpractice Lawsuit: Personal letters written after the trial, 1981

File — Box: 2, Folder: 9

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

New York Hospital and Dr. Mary Engle were involved in a malpractice lawsuit regarding the hospital's participation in a 1952 Co-op study researching the relationship between oxygen and Retrolental Fibroplasia, an illness that causes blindness in premature infants. Another malpractice lawsuit was Anderson vs. New York Hospital in which a pediatric cardiac patient sued Dr. Engle. She lost both cases. The series is arranged chronologically.

Dates

1981

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