, 1881-10-16
Or. Bliss, Told the Cabinet the
President Wanted
Bliss.
DR.. Bliss Next Told the President
the Cabinet Wanted
Bliss.
No One Had Sufficient viii Power
TO DepqSe the Great
- Surgeon.
Bliss, Therefore, Constructed q Hy-
pothetical Wound and
Drained 1t.
President Gariield's Father Was Sent Over
:. the Stp by Quack.
d


fFes'oeaf Gar''e'ds Father Vas Sent os
:. the Styx by Quack.
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-speesa. Dispatch to The Chicago 1sibunx
CLEVELAND, O., Oct 15-Little by lit
the true STORY Of the treatment anu autops
of the late President Garfield bv his nh,
sicians is coming to the surface, and whij
there has been a temporary cessation of .ho
tilities there is no doubt but it will all brca
out again with renewed yicor at no distal
date.
One of the greatcst things that the trea
ment of the case has ACCOMPLISHED for tn
world is to show that there is almost absc
lute1y nothing in so-ca1lcd medical skill
and science. The exuerieuce of the mn,
tyred President nm this score. lnuwn nm,
reaf and commented ~, as IT has hear },r n
7nen will have a tendency tn SET npopIe II
thinking. How many are 1he siens of rcrr,.
that have been drawn over the history ot TIN
death of President GarficIu's father. HI
had come into the forests of this Wcsteri
Reserve; had cleared little patch o1
ground, had buildei 4 pioneer log house ant
sowed his first field Of wheat When this
wheat was ripening for the harvest
a forest fire threatened it and the cab.
in which sheltered his wife and babies. lie
fought the fire with the strength of hero.
and conquered it. But the hot J une weather,
exaggerated by the fierce flames, heated his
!blood to remarkable degree. lie seated
himself in the breeze and contracted severe
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'eo4o "411c" settteo III MS t"toas- . -
THE lGSoKAScE OF 4 PIONEER QUAcK
induced him to blister the heck and the
patient was choked to DEATH Bddlng fare
well to his devoted wife and little children,
41o ;oL
a~o,,rd;,,1- ~, the h<,,,t ;,,t.r,a+i ,..s
., ~ uae oess tn1o4 nat1on at ''''iltl'
ne 1tealneh' OF ihis case would not seem 10
differ very materially, so far as the actual
Knowledge Of what was being done is coll
CARVED from that 1T rho riopeer,s ;,1nStr;nns
son = half century 1,tar ,.,a,, 1a ,,.as
sun, - -. esn1u4s ,,e lateI' "aen ne ""s
stricken down by the bullet Of the assassin in
the Capital Of the Nation. To be sure the
physician in the first instance WAS pioneer
ouack. and in the second the natiant ,,.,s
surrounded w all tne briliant medical
lights Of the latter half Of the nineteenth
century, and every appliance that modern
scjanca so-ca1,ad coutd cortr;ro .,,,e oo11ad
~ ' A~ 0o~AA'~ "s~' ~S>44eo
t'I'" 4equ.ote1oa. ....
~ - AA vo1aiuE ot 1Hs fHofEssloN-
10 'e.s piain, common lay SinolVldual--the
difference IN the two cases, however, does
1;1t,, i, 1t,e ta5tar o.eo ..as ,,,,ot ~po ea..a
.rha % atart ~ ' nda ,dsl .ase ant, W. aasm eat:
1Ae eho1| h1a"e WIS uoupLess very great,
but the result was the same in boti-death
Of the patient, and the further into the
,na1ter the u,h]Ic rets the mnrp II :wou,d ar
,,a,r+hor +,,a .,,t,,ai 1--,o1,,aIe, ~ 80 ,aa
pea4 llaI 1ne actual kno"leage OF tne ioca-
lion OF ue 1rouole ana "hat was best to
done was about the same in the two cases.
1t is to be hoped that some time the facts
in the recenr case
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hilA1TED oF A-i' sENBtAGE AND TECdN1-
cAh TERMS,
may be made known. President Garfield
WAS the Nations patient, as he had been the
Natlon's President. and fl,e entire vatjon hus
:.',.a aA'aN".'. ...u ~ '"Aion ""o
A14t'!'@ ~ h1io" nhab A3ete Is 10 oe hhoWh
about the way lie was treated, and how
much real science was brought to his relief.
III the case of 1he death nj = nrivoto ind1z.id.
80, ~ t.,a+ :, ~,a,,s~.'-., - '"1.s:.
"'''' all ufat Is necessary 1or 1ne physician Ill
charge 10 90 is to 1nysfifY the case with few |
Latin adjectives and medical terms, and sat- !
isfy the relatives of the profundjtv Of h1s |
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1'~a :: ~ 1;'ros .e nc Aatse1 u1ops' nut
tlet1 ~ IS ulnsleut, FROM il1e oes1hhlhs IL
has been evident that there has been CROP