The Columbus journal., 1881-09-28

and then we left the room. The
first time that Mrs. Garfield broke
down in tears was when she left the
door of the presidents room. DR..
Agnew and myself and Gen. Swain
remained for some time. Secretary
Brown watched until morning.
THE LOCATION OF THE BALL.
ELBERON, September 20. - The
statement that the ball was found in
the region of the heart has been ver-
flied. 1t is stated authoritatively that
developments of the autopsy show
that death was inevitable, and life
was sustained only by the most ex-
cellent nourishment and constant
care.
BLISS HAS THE BALL.
LONG BRANCH, September 90
Bliss said the autopsy was very te-
dious. Three-quarters of an hour
was occupied in looking for the ball.
He said Mrs. Garfield was much re-
lieved since the autopsy. 1t showed
the patients death was inevitable.
The point Of the ball is somewhat
blunt or battered, caused by striking
the rib. Bliss took the ball until it
shall be produced in the courts. The
state of New Jersey has issued per-
NIT for the removal Of the body.
THE AUTOPSY.
ELBERoN, September 20.-The au-
tOpsy has been progressing more
than an hour. One of the first dis
coveries made was large clot of
blood found In the heart, corrobo-
rating the opinion of the visiting
surgeons regarding the Immediate
cause of death.
THE PosT-MoRTEM EXAMINATION.
ELBERoN, September 20.-The fol-
lowing official bulletin was prepared
tonight at III by surgeons lately in
attendance: By previous arrange
ment a pOst-mOrtem examination of
the body of President Garfield WAS
made this afternoon in the presence
and with the assistance of Hamilton,
Agnew, Bliss, Barnes, Woodward
and Rey burn, and Andrew II. Smith,
of Elberon, and Acting Assistant
Surgeon ID. S. Lamb, of the army
medical museum, Washington. The
operation was performed by Lamb.
1t was found that the ball, after
fracturing the right eleventh rib,
had passed through the spinal COL
umn in front of the spinal column,
fracturing the first lumbar verte-
brae, driving number of small
fragments of bone in the adjacent
soft part and lodging just below the
pancreas, about ten and one-half
inches left of the spine and behind
the peritoneum, where it had be-
come completely encysted. The i'm
cause of death was secOnda-
ry hemorrhage from one of the
mesenteric arteries adjoining the
track Of the ball. The blood rup-
tured peritOneum and nearly a pint
into the abdominal cavity.
This hemorrhage is believed to have
been the cause of the severe pain
just before death. An abscess cavi-
ty, six inches by four in dimensions,
was found in the vicinity of the gall
between the liver and trans
verse colon, which were strongly
1t did not involve
the substance of the liver aud no
was found between
it and the wound. A long suppura-
ton channel extended from the ex-
ternal wound between the loin and
and the right kidney almost
to the right groin. This channel is
now known to be due TO burrowing
Of the pus from the wound. 1t was
during life to be the track
Of the ball. On examination of the
chest organs evidence of severe
bronchitis were found on both sides
with broncho pneumonia of the
lower portion of the right lung, and
It is thought much less extent of
The left. The lungs contained no
Assesses, and the heart no clots.
The liver was enlarged and fatty,
but free from assesses, nor were
any found in other organs except
he left kidney, which contained,
near to its surface, a small abscess
about one-third of an inch in di-
imeter.