The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-30
PRESIDENTS WOUND
a NEW VIEW OF THE CAUSE or THE
FATAL AEMoRRAAeE.
What Or. shrady and PEOE Wsilss Discovered In
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Prepare.
tloas In the Medical Apssan-ACHl
POuudIa the Splsals Artery.

New York Times, sepiember9s:
DR., George F. Shrady, editor Of the
Medical Record, and DR., Faneull D. Weisse,
Professor Of Surgical Anatomy in the NIedi-
cal Department Of the University Of the
City OF New York, returned last evening
from Washington, where, ut the instance OF
DIR. Bliss, they have made a thorough ex-
animation Of the viscera OF the late Presi-
dent now deposited in the Medical
Museum. Anatomical preparations are in
progress intended to show the truck Of the
bullet and the immediate cause Of death Us
disclosed by the official account OF the
autopsy DR., Shrady was invited to Wash.
ington by DR.. Blis-whose history OF the
case will appear in the Medical Record on
satuFday-with a Wow to obtain the
materials for u review Of the case from the
medical point Of Wow, and he Inns been
furnished with every facility available for
the formation OF n coherent theory OF the
nature OF the wound and the prOprety Of
the treatment. He has passed three days
in examining the preparations and receiy-
ing from DR., Bliss own record the details
OF pulse, temperature, &C., coupled with u
full exposition Of the medical measures
adopted. DR.. Weisse WIS invited by DR.,
Bliss to examine the preparations as Il sur
glcal expert, and has returned with acCu-
rate drawings illustrating the track Of the
bullet and the cause Of death. The official
history OF the casO Is now in preparation
under the editorial supervision OF Surgeon.
General Woodward, and will be published
in tho american Journal Of Ne Medical
Sciences, aquarterly issued In Philadelphia,
and in the Medical Record, Of this city,
Considerable time must, however, elapse
before 1t can be completed, and IN the
meantime brief statements have been pre-
pared by several OF the medical men con.
cerncd, and have been, or will be, published
iii the medical journals.
DR.. Weisse informed n Tim@ reporter
lust evening that he was fully satisfied us to
DIR, Bliss competency to treat the case,
and he believed that his treatment had
been judicious When asked OF what the
tanaes .aiI M. ~ s,,a";,nams' w, o. ~,
Mounted comnrIueI III MARIAN ~ tbs y yv'
,aLsi ooI,,,,, III 900 i, I,roj H., to ,,,,s
sagc Of the bullet with the fractured rib,
and Of the yiscem lying In the immediate
neighborhood OF the injury. The yertebra
injured, as stated in the report Of the au-
topsy, was the first lumbar, which was
completely perforated, but not In such II
Thn LaIi ortornI NJ no r;ght anI nosooJ
a,,t a, H. IN nra,Imc;n" neNn "" "o,
minn,ed froc,,,ro of ths bodv ~ g ths v tg
hrn iTha "ort;on ~ tIo v;ssos ~ H. ~, rs sv
,,,;", inoIr oa tbo W monc rS bohinJ mbil
the hnII GnaIIv lnJ"eJ V "n5 It ~ ths I Iomnr
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cyst which WIS fixed to the papereas. The
cyst WIS II very strong one, and had to be
cut into with the knife in order to remove
the bullet. II was removed from the body
with the viscera, of course, but was not
lying free in the bottom Of the bowl by
n mana lou ala, t,o., a,u.,., ,,,,,u,..
.,,o ;,rm"i;",S oo o1,,sn In"ti ,"ou ~ ' s,v
tlire Of the mesenteric artery or one OF its
branches, and the consequent hemorrhage.
What evidence have you discovered that
such t1,,, was the caseS'