The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-08
TIE Posr-MoRTGm EXAMINATION.

At nine O'Clock The several eminent medical gen.
tlemen asked 10 be present during the post mortem
examination had gathered IN the front paror OF the
residence oil Mr.. Fisk. and upon Invitation of Coro
ner Young proceeded through the han to tn @
back parlor. The room is modesty furnished Two
bureaus ornamented with medium size mirrors
and over the mantel y third mirror Is hung, which,
with single pastoral sketch depending from
blue cord between the windows, and the additional
furniture, gives tho apartment q pleasant but not
By any means luxurious appearance. In large
box plaCed beneath the mantei lay the body of the
deceased. covered to the chin with IN appropriate
mantle. AT fifteen minutes past nine O'Clock Drs.
T. T. I. Marsh the Coroner's deputy, and e. g.
Janeway, OF Bellevue Hospital, sgni1ed their read
mess TO proceed In the work, and the body was
carefully lifted to table placed In the centre Of
the room to receive IL. Around 1t there gathered
the distinguished gentlemen among whom were
Drs. sayre, Carnochan, Phelps, Finne, Fisher,
White, Chauncey, Milford, Marsn and Professors
Sims and Wood.
With that caution the case demanded the exami.
nation proceeded. First the measurement neces.
sary regarding the wounds from portions OF the
boay wero made and then The probing began.
That In the left arm through which the ball passed
received attention, and then the body was opened
10 ind the bullet which caused DEATH During these
operat ons many or the medical gentlemen present
spoke in terms Of admiration of the deceaseds ap.
pearance and the lie-lIke nature OF the face. his
fine. we'll balanced head, which had the organ Of
Ideally remarkably developed. His magnificent
physique was also freely commented upon. Little
by little the course or the deadly bullet was
traced, and when reached 1t was found 70
pave taken an cbliquc direction rom right
fully twenty inches through his intcslines. After
ward " was demonstrated that the kidneys, hvcr,
condition.. and mad accident happened MIN Mr..
Fisk wOu(d have lived TO o green old age. His heart
ounces. Altogether the assembled array OF doctors
and surgeons pronounced him remarkable physical
The post-mortem examination, a. sworn to py
Drs. Marsh and Janeway. u appended
NJ d %s es .tlos
e. G. Janeway,. made postmortem examination Of
n MOI Rigor. morris well marked. Gen.
eral appearance OF body blanched. Posl-mortem
PaU 10th 00 @
side OF abdomen, SIX inches below the right nipple.
one and half inches to right Of median line, SIX
from the upper border OF the sternum,
wound, circular and half an inch
oval in shape, one.han inch oy one.quarter inch,
with ragged edges, was found on the anterior sur
e sSo The direction Of the wound was
BY probe, being upwards, backwards ana lnwalds;;
ns q s inches
| the Slecronan process. On introducing probe In
the abdominal wound quantity OF gas emlt,n ma
Gca odor escaped An apdom n,srd sSromoS te
| abdominal walls, passing downwards loblquelyl and
to the left Adp0se tissue OF the walls VI tne AZ
domen was two Inches in thickness. Several small
| clots OF blood were found on the surface OF the
| 0mentum The folds OF the small intestlnes wSac
found agglutnated by recent lnnammatory exI Scss
| tIon. Rugged openings with blooy s SoSrs
were found in the omentun, close to sng
ments OF the transverse colon ana i9 twg
or the upper portion OF the iliun ING H s,rs
were empty with the exception o. m ,au rsS.
gsS on mnHa was also found In the mesen-
terry and In the ss10d f nenSre ,o o inc inc
co r,,cnor AZ az polnt midway between the ante
'nr sneror spinus process Of iun and the puDes
below Pouparts ligament passing through the mus.