The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-09-27

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! 5hands, feet and knees. l though
y that his knees seemed little cool
y and got flannel cloth, heated it a
q Hthe fire, and laid it over his limb,
l also heated another cloth and lai,
Nit over his right hand, and then sa
D Sdown in a chair beside his bed.
'Kwas hardly seated, when DIR. Boyn
'tton came in and felt the President
,Mpulse. / asked him how it SCENE,
,Eto him. He replied, 1T is not a
Xstrong as it was this afternoon, bu
Every good / said, he seems to b
doing we'll Yes he answered, ant
passed out. He was not in the room
more than two minutes. Shortly al
ter this the President awoke. A
he turned his head on awakening
I arose and took his hand. l was OF
Ethe left hand side of the bed as h,
J lay. l remarked, You have had a nice
comfortable Sleep He then said
FOh, Swain, this terrible pain, plac
ing his right hand on his breast
about over the region of the heart
asked him if l could do anythin.
for him. He said, some water
Event to the other side of the room
and poured about an ounce and ;
half of Poland water into glas,
8and gave him to drink. He tool
&the glass in his hand, l raising hi,
head as usual, and drank the waite
very naturally. then handed tn,
glass to the colored man, Daniel
Iwho came in during the time / wa,
getting the water. Afterwards / tool
a napkin and wiped his forehead, az
he usually perspired on awaking
He then said, oh, Swain, this terri
bic pain. Press your hand on it.
He then threw both hands up to th'
4 side and about on line with hi
d head and exclaimed, 'Oh, Swain
can't you stop this p and again
Oh, Swaim.' | then saw him look.
= ing at me with a staring expression
u / asked him if he was suffering
much pain, receiving no answer. ]
repeated the question with like re-
Rsult. | then concluded he was eth.
Ter dying or was having a severe
4spasm, and called on Daniel, who
was at the door, to tell DR.. Bliss and
Mrs. Garfield to come Immediately,
and glanced at the small clock
hanging on the chandelier, nearly
over the foot of his bed, and saw ii
was ten minutes past 8 o'clock. DIR.
Bliss came in within two or three
minutes. | told Daniel to bring q
light, lighted candle which habit
Eually sat behind screen near the
door. When the light shone full
upon his face / saw that he was dy-
ing. When DIR. Bliss came ina mo-
ment after | said, Doctor, have you
any stimulants ? He seems to be dy-
ing" He took hold of his wrist, as
| if feeling for his pulse, and said,
Yes, he is dying l then said to
Daniel, Run and arouse the house.
At that moment Colonel Rockwell
came in, when DIR. Bliss said, "Let
us rub his limbs which we did. In
a very few moments Mrs. Garfield
came in and said, What does this
mean p and a moment afterwards
exclaimed, oh Why am made To-
suffer this cruel wrong
At 1875 p. m., the sacrifice was
complete; he breathed his last calm
ly and peacefully"
DOCTOR BoYNToN's ACCOUNT OF THE
DEATH.
DR.. Boynton gives the following
account of the death scene "He
had been sleeping quietly until
about fifteen minutes before his
death. stepped into the room to
examine his pulse and found it had
grown little weaker, but not alarm
ingly so. 1 remarked to General
Swain that his his pulse had grown
weaker, but not dangerously weak
The President said to Swain, oh,
Swain, what q terrible pain have
here and he placed his hand on his
breast oyer the heart. The doctors
and members of the family had by
that time gathered and / and col
ored man stood at the door. There
was scarcely perceptible movement
anywhere on the sufferers features
land no movement of the limbs. His
pulse grew less frequent. DR.. Agnew
bent over him and examined the
pulse. He found no pulse. | put
my ear down to his heart but dis
covered no pulsation. Mrs. Gar
field placed her head upon the chest.
partly bending over him until after
he died. All of us sat there little
while and then we left the room.
THE first time that Mrs. Garfield
broke down in tears was when she
was left at the door of her room
She returned in half an hour and
remained with her husband till 2 a.
|m. DR.. Agnew and myself and
Gen. Swain remained for some time;
Secretary Brown watched until
morning"
THE AUTOPSY.
LONG BRANCH, September 90
THE autopsy on the body of the
President was made this afternoon.
and was the most remarkable, per-
|haps one of the most thorough on|
record. The method of procedure
was then discussed and agreed upon.|
III was concluded to ask all those
surgeons who had been official at
pendants upon the President to have
with them in all the consultations
pertaining to the autopsy, every rel
cord and comment made by them.
These were all submitted to the crit i
icism of the conference and openly
discussed. During the progress of
the surgery of the autopsy every
|step and incident was fully noted, j
discussed and recorded, together
with all the opinions given, at the
conclusion of the surgery. This
record is to be printed on letter pal
|per, with very wide spaces between|
|the lines. One or more copies of
Ibis print will be furnished to EACH
|of the surgeons, who shall write be-
tween the lines the result of his|
study of the case as then made up.|
|At a subsequent conference these
|commentaries are to be submitted