Young Child Survives After Kicking Accident
A four-year-old girl suffered a skull fracture after being kicked by a horse, leading to a successful emergency surgery.
The four year old daughter of H. S. Morgan, who resides a few miles west of the city, was kicked in the temple by a horse, Tuesday evening, resulting in the fracture of her skull. The little girl was playing with her dog in close proximity to the horse when the animal kicked at the dog and struck the child. Doctors Rosser and Coe were summoned and a piece of the skull as large as a dollar was removed. The brain was injured to some extent but the operation was a successful one and the patient is now resting well with a fair prospect of her recovery.
“The little girl was playing with her dog in close proximity to the horse when the animal kicked at the dog and struck the child.”
This vivid account highlights the hazards of 19th-century life in Yakima, where children played near livestock and surgical interventions were often desperate, high-stakes matters conducted in private homes.
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