standard of care established by law for
his/her conduct; (c) the plaintiff must suffer loss or injury as a
result of this breach; (d) the conduct of the defendant must be the
"proximate cause" of the plaintiff's loss or injury. ( Picard, Ellen I. p.
29) In the case of Adderly v. Bremner (Picard, Ellen I. p. 461) the
defendant physician was negligent in not changing the syringes to
vaccinate 38 patients and instead used one needle for every two patients.
As a consequence, the plaintiff was infected with septicemia (blood
poisoning). This doctor failed to give the required standard of care.
Any reasonable doctor would have in fact changed the syringe after each
patient and would have foreseen the consequences for not changing them.
According to the case the doctor did not follow instructions accompanying
the vaccine, stressing the fact that a sterile needle and syringe were to
be used for each patient. This case is a perfect exampl
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