The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-01
The President y Csse.
pR. nAMILToNls srArENIRNT.


DIR. HAMILToN's STATEMENT.
New York, September 27-In the next
number OF the Medical Gazette, which Isl
great extent the organ of the rising genera
ton Of physicians, and of tho Am erican
Academy of Medicine, will appear an ex.
haustive review of the presidents case obs
tanned from DR. Frank Hamilton. 1t was
dictated by DR. Hamilton and ia as follow:
80 lar as / am informed the testimony is
conflicting as To the relative positions of the
president and the assassin when the pistol
was fired. 1t is now rendered probable that
the assassin stood we'll to the right and slight4
ly in the rear ofthe president. The ball en-
tered about four inches 10 the right of the
spine, penetrating aud committing the
eleventh rib, entering the intervertabe
substance between the last dorsol and
first lumbar vertebra, and, passing obliquely
forward emerged as a point near the centre
of the first lumbar vetebra in front and was
found some distance to the left OF the verte.
br. ut thH lower margin of the pancreas, be-
ing situated near its posterior than anterior
surface, wholly without the peritonesl cavity.
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We were then informed of the manner OF
the sho Ing, and that On the receipt of the
injury the president had fallen to the floor
He complained Of pain in the right ankle,
aud subsequently in tho cOure" # tho day of
similar pain in his left anki which pains
had been promptly relieved by the hyperder
mic injection OF morphine. He vomlted im-
mediately after the receipt of tho injury, and
in the course of the day his uria had TO be
drown once by the catheter, There was not
when frat seen by myself, nor has there been
at any time subsequently,, any apparent
LOSS OF POWER
In his lower extremities or diminutiUn Of the
natural sensibility at any poi'dt. Two pains
in his ankles, however, Wore aCeoupanicd
wi h hyperasthia Of the integumeri Mo few
days later ii was observed that .rspo w.s
hypersstha of the integument Of NE right
side of the scrotum. All these symptoms,
the pain and the hyperasthia, disappeared
wholly in the course OF the first week or two
and never returned. On tho morning of the
ith of July the patient being partially und or
the Influence of morphine WAS not suffering
pain. The bowels were tympaniiic and the
pulse WAS feeble. At the first consultation
| Iha question had arisen rs to tina probable
course of the ball. II WAS stated that Sur
gson General Wales, of the navy, had on
tho day OF the receipt OF injury introduced
| his finger to tho full extent and that he de-
clared that it penetrated tho substance of
| tho liver, the structure Of which he reccg-
nzed by its glBndular feel. and DR.. Bliss
stated that he had introduced probe about
three inches. which seemed TO have passed
in tho same direction. This testimony was
regarded sufficient to determine that
THE BALL
was AT least beyond our resch,a and beyond the
reach of safe exploration. DR.. Woodward
had introduced his finger sufficiently deep in
tho wound to determine that the rib was
broken. Finding upon personal examination
and inspection that the track ofthe wound was
completely closed by firm clot, refused to
make AIRY further exploration. The doctor
next gives a summary of the treatment of
the case up to aud through the trouble with
tho psrotid gland, the details of which arc
already familiar 10 the public. He then pro-
ceedS: Following tho psrolids there wus
gradual development OF bronchitis in the
right luug, and tually br, n ho>pneumonia
0 tho lower portion Of the right lung, indi-
Gated by well defined dullneis and total
absence of the respiratory murmur in thh,
region. From that time until the period OF
his removal from Washington there are nc
events of striking interest worthy Of being
related in this brief summary except the
ALARMING WEAKNESS
and grea. eomnolency of the patient which
occurred on the 24th, Goth and Goth of Au
: gust, and which led to an apprehension thg
n fatal issue WIS NJ hand. The patient WA
eviCenty suffering from atmospheric inau
ences, tho heat beng intense and oppressive
and most Of the time the air being molten
ltss, 50 that leaf could not DO seen TO stir o.
tho trees around the white house. Thtr
was no evidence, however, ut any time ths
the patient suffered from malaria having /,
source in the house drainage or the marshe
in the vicinity, and which latter at a late
time in tho season had always been regarde
as pesilerons. His
REMOVAL TO LONG BRANCH
was effected without injury or discomfort 1
the patient, and with only a slight smouat o
fatigue There was no day while he lay /,
the cottage at Long Branch that no did no
express hmself as pleased and even dehghet
with tho change, nor was he ever oppress,
by tho heat although one Of the days, Il,
ltst after his arrval, was the hottest day Of IL
, season. Az o'clock in the afternoon of iii
ds', when the heat was greatest, in reply /
my inquiry no said he experienced no din
, comfort. From this time until the period q
, his dc til, which wss sudden and unexpecte
{ slthcugh in no sense uuanticipated, there
: NO incident worthy of special note, oxcey
: that there was gradual change in the Is,
0 twi or three days for tho worse. The man
; ner Vt his death and the result OF the subst
Qinn. autopsy are sufficiently explained
. tn ctlicitl bulletin"
, liere follows the official statement Of Il
!, AZ 0rpy. The doctor then continues /,
Z nay 20 necessary TO repeat, inasmuch
: ccairsry statements have been made that Il
lug. contained not oven the most MIMI
n scossos found In any of the structur
. examined, except one less than a half In,
. In diameter near tho surface
0 tho left kidney. There were ,hr