A Circular Saw Opened His Skull. He Is Still Answering Questions.
A week after a circular saw tore into his head, Stetson remains lucid in Seattle, and his doctor says the wound shows no inflammation.
The condition of Stetson, whose head was sawed open by a circular saw last week, is said to remain unchanged. He passed a restless night, but rallied yesterday and put in a good day. Dr. Wotherspoon says that the wound is doing well, with no signs of inflammation. The patient is conscious at all times and answers all questions intelligently, though very feebly. His mother is by his side every day.
“The patient is conscious at all times and answers all questions intelligently, though very feebly.”
Before modern workplace-safety rules, workers like Stetson could be gravely injured and then treated as a medical curiosity. The item’s calm tally of a survivable skull injury is a reminder of how routine industrial danger once was—and why Seattle’s fights over workplace safety still matter.
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