The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-10-04

"a Mereiicsa scoriniion and Criticism OF
i DIR. Bliss and His Associate Physicians
shj Surgeons.
1 Chicago Times specia'.
/ A soon ~ the mortal part of james A
| fairfield is laid beneath the sodi Lakoyiew
cemetery, pr. Boynton his friend and kins
nan, vii! set about the preparation Of .
| .tatement ofthc case and ts treatment, and
,fthe autopsy and its 'sults, which not
Whilst lding the fact already photographed
he Times, viii undoubtedly be read with
hc niys; profound surprise by the general
ublic. In view Ofih' prominet revelations
/ may be well to state llsrt
VINO pV. BoYNToN ~.
As already intimated, hoisa kinsman OF
he dead president His father and Prcs-
,ent Garfield father were half-brothors,
nd their mothers were sisters Bound to-
rthor by double cousinhood, th.y were
rothers in adversely, The families Of both
ere pl o., and both struggled manftllly for
place In She world, Both won. In the
-OfesssiOu of statcCrait one earned lame
hich reached round the world. In the
raCtice of Il learned and honorable profcs-
ion the other gained reputation which
~ not circumscribcd by the narrow limit
his personal acquainianccs. This man
vas almost constant watcher ut the bed
,eui Inc wounded president during the
It few weeks of life He saw and heard
ings during those weeks of which he has
1t vet spoken, save to "A few friends who
e bound to him By ties as strong as
osc of kindred One Of these friends il Dr..
'ckwith, of thia city; whose letter to the
ndical Times was photographed you to-
ght. This gentleman is u prominent ho-
IL, al, nt,t. ,..ft Att lao
med high place in the profession, and II
10 should iudgc from his surround nss, II
mpctcncy as we'll Years ago he took an
crest in young Boynton, then a youth Of
Il teen, who was making rcsolute struggle
an education He had got into the
ltches of the 0xactng Shylock, who was
essng for his pound Of flesh, and in his
eat extremity lac appealed to DIR. Beck
ill., He did not appeal IN vain. Tho doc.
rnot only came to his assistance, but
nod by him until his education was fin
ned and has taken iatherly interest In
IN every since.
70 this atnunch friend DR.. Boynton has
- ,ealed all that has been telographed you
ont the lying buuctius and tho still moro
ing report OF the autopsy. More than this,
has told him
Ill THAT THE PROMISED STATEMENT Will
CONTAIN,
i more than he has already said on this
int, DR.. lieckNith will not say until the
temcnt is Published In conversation
III him this afternoon in the ample par
~ of his comfortable Lone, however, !
rned some interesting facts and secured
ne suggestions which arc worth prrscrv-
in the memorable ID Of July, after the
unded president had been removed to
q White House, the hi) host medical OH.
rs ofthc army and navy, together with a
rye number of the most skilled and rcpu.
bic physicians and surgeons OF this city,
,ct III consultation and with anxious looks
nj heavy hearts, We'd with each other in
jggcsting something or anything that
light promise to relieve the sufferer
,' aid in saving his valuable
lie. During that day the sur
con general of the navy, at the request Of
lany surgeons In attendance, and by the
consent and advice of the surgeon who sub
o,qucntly assumed charge OF the case, made
nc first examination Of the wound, On
he following morning the samc surgeon
cncral together with other prominent sur
CONS and physicians ~ IL already well
.nown, were dismissed from the case by the
man whose abnormal development Of
weeks had made him chief surgeon in
dismisasl was alleged to have been given by
the president, after consultation with Mrs
Garfield, though nobody has borne witness
to that consultation, and II Is fact that
they were not alonc together during the in
tervening time. The reason given for tho
dismissal of Surgeon-GcnerHl Wales was
that no had made an examination
of the wound without author.
iiy. Yet he had been requested to
lLn'-H the examination by all the surgeons
30 ire, including Bliss himself.
%, twcnty.iour hours after the tragedy
pot
m, RANrER,
been General GarIicld's physician
lington for thirteen years, called ut
a. '',lte house and politely requested per
"a N to see the wounded president, but
.nsolcntly refused by the sclfinstaled
.. scon in charge, Tho reason Bliss gave
iJr this refusal was that lac suspected BaI-
ter only wished to see the president for the
purpose os getting the attending surgeon
dismissed ind himself installed in his stond
DIR. Baxter protested that no hurborcd no
such intention, ard finally left the prcsi-
dental mansion to avoid personal violence
AMI an unsccmly quarrel at the very door
of the sicS-ronm.
nRS, AGNEw AND HAMILTON,
when subsequently called in, and ~ H. now
practically proven, approved the diagnosis
and treatment without examination, and
even up Ia within ten days Of the fatal ter.
minaliOn OC the ease signed bulletins pur.
portiugto give pulse rate, temperature, etc.
without couStug the beats or consulting
the thermometer. Ii waS not until DR..
Hamilton Was informed that the bulletins
bcariug his Signature were not giving exact
facts that hr began To give the matter his
personal attention The result will be seen
by any one who will study the record pub
lishod IN the Times ON the day following
the president death IN which Il will be-
observed that there was q sudden aud appu.
rcntly unexplained rise of about twenty
beats few days before death, Noctpana.
ton Of the Sudden RISE was given. The rcn.
son was that the real truth, which had here,
totorc been concealed, was suddenly mad,
known
More than two weeks ago | was assured
by an eminent surgeon IN Chicago that the
president was suffering from
BLoor-rnlsnNiSG IN 81 ACurE FORM;
that II wa. making itsclf known by tho AN
pearancc of numerous puStulcs ali over III,
body, especially in and about the Nm.p,,
and that his lungs aud kidneys would sonI
begin to show the effects Of the poisoning
II they had not done ~ at that timo, ant
that death would certainly cnsuc, At thai
time the doctors statement seemed hardl,
credible, but | have learned to-day tina
more might have bcnn said with purfcc
accuracy And yol the presence Of th
DESTROYING poison In tho blood was not al
mittca hy the Attending physicians IN thci
bulletins, alihoufh u I, NOW known tina
the pustulc' covered the body IA thickly I'll