The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1881-09-30
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ELBEnox, n. j., Sept. 2O.-The
following official bulletin was prepared
at ! to-night by the surgeons who
have been in attendance upon the late
President. BY previous arrangement
the post nlortem examination OF the
body OF President Garfield was
made this evening In the presence
and with the assistance OF Drs. Ham,
ilton, Agnew, Bliss, Barnes, Wood
ward, Reyburn Andrew II. Smith Of
Elberon and Acting Assistant Sur-
geon ID. $. Lamb Of the army med
ical museum In Washington. The
operation was Performed by DIR.
Lamb. 1t was found that the baIl
after fracturing the right eleventh rib
had passed through the spinal column
IN 'front.' OF the spinal cord, fraeturing
the body OF the first lumbar yertebrs.
driving number Of small fragments
OF bone into the adjacent soft parts.
and lodging just below tie paucreas.
about two inches and a half 10 the
left Of the spine and behiad the per.
itonenm, where. 1t had become COM
pleteiy encysted. The immediate
cause OF death was secondary hemsr-
rhage from one of the mesenteric ar.
tefies adjoining the track OF the bali.
the blood rupturing the peritoneum
ana nearly a pint escaping into the
abdominal cavity. This hemorrhape
ls believed 70 have been the cause of
the severe pain In the lower part of
the chest, complained Of lust before
death. An abscess cavity six iaches
py four, In dimensions was found In
the vicinity OF the gall bladder. be-
tween the liver and transverse colon.
which We're strongly inter-adherent.
IL did not involve the substance of
the liver, and no communication was
found between IL and the wound. A
long sdppurating channel extended
from the external wound between the
loih muScles and right kidney, almost
to the right groin. This channel Is
now known TO be due 10 the burrow-
ing Of pus from the wound. tt was
supposed, during life, TO have been
the track Of the bail. On examfna-
ton OF the organs Of the chest evil
dences ofsevere bronchitis were found
on both sides, with broncha pneumo-
MA OF the lower portions OF the right
lung aud the Cough Of much less ex-
tent than OF the left. The lungs con-
tanned no assesses and the heart no
lots. The liver was enlarged snd
atty, but free from abscesses. nor
were any found in any other organ
except the left kidney, which contain
cd, near its surface, small Assesses
about 0ne-third' OF an inch In Diane
ter. In reviewing the history of the
case ip connection with the autopsy
Il Is quite evident THAT the different
suppurating surfaces, and especially
the fractured spongy tissue of the
vertebra furnish sufficient explains
ton of the septic condition which .ex
isted. ID. w Bliss,
j. J.. WooDwAEp,
FRANK IL HAxuToS,
AsDREw II. SMrH,
J. X. BARNES,
RoBERT REYBuRa,
u. HAYES AoNEw,
ID. s. LAMB,
The autopsy Of the pre- sident's body,
commenced about o'clock and
was not concluded until nearly s.
Large crowds Of people assembled at
Elberon to hear the result. Bliss
stated that the autopsy had been very
tedious, and the time occupied in
searching for the ball alone, was near
Iy three-quarters OF an hour. Mrs.
Garfield was feeling much relieved
since the autopsy, inasmuch as il re-
suited in establishing the fact that
the patients death was inevitable.
The point of the BAH was somewhat
blunt, or in a battered condition
caused by the force with which it
struck the rib, while in other re-
spects its original shape was nor al
tered. Bliss took charge of the bull
let and sealed it Tor preservation un-
til the courts should require its pro-
dnction.