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STATE OF OHIO,
STARK COUNTY.
SS:

In the matter of the application of Charles F. Stokey, late Co.H, 195 O.V.I., for pension, No. 981,343:

Dr.B.J.Fercict, of Canton, Ohio, being duly sworn, on his oath, says: I am 35 years old, and am by profession and practice, a physician and surgeon, and have been in practice for 7 years.  I make a specialty of chronic diseases of the stomach, liver and bowels, and of orificial surgery.  I know the said Charles F. Stokey, and have examined and treated him.  He first came under my treatment, June 15th, 1900.  On my examination of him at that date, I found him suffering from severe chronic bowel trouble, which had resulted in ulcerations, and was accompanied with internal and external hemorrhoids.  The bowel, at that time was ulcerated and inflamed as far up as I could see with my speculum.  My opinion then was, and still is, that his then condition was the result of a chronic dysentery, from which he had been suffering for many years.  He was then wholly disabled from the performance of any kind of manual labor.  He was weak and debilitated; was nervous and excitable; had palpitation of the heart on every slight exertion, and was wholly unfitted for any kind of manual labor, or physical exertion.

I have again carefully examined him on April 15th, 1901.  He is in much the same condition now, as when I treated him last June.  His disability is somewhat more apparent, though not more positive than it was then.  There can be no doubt that from the time I first examined him in June, 1900, till now, he has been totally incapacitated from the performance of manual labor.  I mean he has been unable to work.  Any attempt to do work, would have immediately prostrated him.  His earning capacity would have been zero.  It was so when I first saw him.  His appearance and physical condition indicated that this had been his condition for years previously.  It has been so ever since, and is now so.  I have no doubt about it, and I do not make the statement on belief.  I say so positively.  No man can work in his physical condition.  An attempt to do so would be followed by immediate and total prostration.  I have no interest in his claim, and am not concerned in its prosecution.

Dr. B.J. Fercict

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 25th day of April, 1901, by said affiant, whom I certify to be a respectable and credible person, and I further certify that I have no interest in the above named claim for pension, nor am I interested in its prosecution.

M. E. Aungst
Probate Judge,
Canton, Ohio.


[covering note]
Act of June 27th, 1890 / Mch 6th, 1896
Additional Evidence
​Inability Affidavit
Claim of Charles F Stokey
​Co H 195 OVI No. 981343
​Affidavit of Dr.B.J.Fercict
Filed by James J. Clark
Attorney, Canton, O
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There can be no doubt that from the time I first examined him in June, 1900, till now, he has been totally incapacitated from the performance of manual labor.  I mean he has been unable to work.  Any attempt to do work, would have immediately prostrated him.
And yet, a couple of days earlier, he was out measuring the depth of the latest snowfall.  See: I measured the fall at 10 o'clock this morning, selecting a level place where the snow would fall naturally and I could obtain the nearest correct measurement and found that 16 inches had fallen.
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