The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-09-01
THE ASSASSINATION:
Short and Accurote Review OF the Pres
ident'S Eyentful Life.
Many Interesting Facts not Hereto :1ore
Published.
His REMARKABLE CASE;


When the attending physicians first di.
ag"asel tho case they claimed that tho
bali had penetrated the kidney, then
amended theic diagnosis by substituting the
lser,a less vital organ. Tn. ii tho case began to
assume moro hopeful aspect The public
seized upon tile bulletins announcing these
successive discoveries IS drowning men clutch
at >raws. They were assured that the case
was hopeful and after the patient had,
thrcnsll his phenomenal physique and he roic
forHt"dc rallied from the shock, Of the shot
they began to have faith III the
Ultimate recovery Of their be-
loved president, who became ondearel
70 them from tho very fact
of lis fortituds III suffering and
his patient endurance of sore trial This
1aith grew stronger from day to day until the
:'"l OF July, about three weeks after the fatal
saturday morning in the Baltimore 4 Potomac
depot, when he was stricken by the assassin's
rnl'et All at once this faith suffered shock
from which tho public never rallied. For
hours the pulse of tho patient mounted up,
uh'A tho attending physicians, in their de-
SPAR concluded it would be wiser to call Dr.
AS'lcw ana Dr. Hamilton into consultation than
to allow the patient to die ON their hands. So
the great surgeons were summoned by special
tra!is 1rev soon located the trouble. hus
cavity had formed along the track of the wound
and the waste was disturbing the circulation
ami threatening the dreaded pytemia, or blood
poi 'ouinS The skilltul hand Of Dr. Agnew
was applied to the patient, and the accumu-
latlaE matter was released, and the patient
sorn rallied from the pus and from tho shock
FROM the scalpel Then the public pulse be-
came normal for a season, yet the more
thoughtful and skep!ical still apprehenlcd an
other cavity. which came in the course of
ti1uv, and two incisions were found necessary
to relieve that Then the hopeful aspect
OF the case began to assume the
form OF dubious doubt. The usual
stvr'n'yped bulletins We're issued from
day t. day to deceive the public aud hull them
lntn tancieu security for the patient The at
tvn':'nS physicians pointed to the endorsement
ct their treatment made by Drs. Acuew and
Ha'nilton when first callod INTO consultation.
hut the pubic lost faith in their treatment aud
their prntssla'ions that the patient was dome
we'll. no public argnel that tho consul.iug
surgeons had approved the treatment of the
case up TO the time of their call because too
late 10 remedy any evil it had wrought and
tecans" it would hardly be the proper thing to
SHAH" patients confidence in his physicians.
anti further, it would not be ''etlica''
:, us relapse Of the patient and the sudden
d'scovc'y that he had been chronic dyspeptic
for years WAS too great a strain, and confidence
departed to return no more DR.: Hammond
and other eminent authorities said that this
theory of the case was absurd, and certainly
the admirable physique Of the patient in health
would tend to strongly support this view of
the cas-" The profession, however, has been
at a loss for reliable data upon which to base
an opinion. The record of pulse, tempera-
tnre and respiration is about all they have
lad ~ guide them to conclusion.
THE RECORD.
Tho following table shows the pulse, temper
ature and respiration since the shooting, at the
hour of Issuing the evening bulletin: