The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1881-10-14

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PHfLAprLrntA. October /
The October issue o. tho american
journal Of Medical Sciences contains the
following official report o. the autopsy
OF President Garfield. prepared BY The
surgeons in charge:
Auf>xrsoS o. tho body ~ President = a.
CARRIED. made sepsember .. lsSl, com
mcnclnT az <:3) y. =, e~4xhtecn hours after
death. a. Fanckiyn Co(sagc. Elbercn. =. J-
present md assisting. DR.. D. W.. Bliss. sur
gcon-Gcncral ,. X narnca. T.. .. 4. surgeon
49,. Woodward. Y. = A.. Dr.. Robert key-
burn. Dr. Frank a. Hamilton pr. y. Hayes
Acnew. Or. Andrew n. smith. Of Elncron
and New York. and Acting Assistant-Sur-
econ d. :. Lamb % the Army Medical Nu-
scum Of WASHINGTON. p. O:
BEFORE commencing me examination . con-
snltation was held " These physicians IN :
room adjoining that "a which The body lay.
and Il was unanimously agreed that che ~
section should be made ~ ~. Lamb. md that
surgeon Woodward shouldr record The obscrvar
lions made. II We further unanimously
agreed that the cranium shouid not be opened
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examination should % conducted = follows;
That the body should - viewcd externally.
and any morbid Appearances existing r.
corded
1naf me cstheter shouid then BE- passed In
20 The wound. - vas done during life, 20 wash
Il out Tor The purpose Of assisting % md the
position OF the buliet-
That : long incision should next b made
from the superior extremity q the sternum
20 The pubs and thig crossed ~ . transverse
one JUST below the uulDfIicus.
mat the abdominal nap thus made should
then be turned back ND The obdominai "
cera examined
That. after the abdominal cayisy was opened
the position Of The bullet should b ascer-
tanned II possible. before making any further
incision. and that, finally. TIE thoracic viscera
should Be examined.
This order OF procedure Wa unanimously
agreed 10.
The examination w. shpa procee led with,
md the following external appearances we're
observed:
me body was considerably emaciated. but
the face was much lcSs wasted than the limbs.
A prcscrvative iuid hnd been injected b. the
emtaImer . few hours before into the left
femosnl artery. The pipes used Tor this pur.
pose were sfiil In position The interior sur
face OF the body presented no abnormal ap-
pcarances and there was no ccchymosis. o.
other discolorafion OF any part o. The abdo-
men. Just below the right ear. and q little BE-
mind H. there was an oval liberated opening.
about half an inch IN diameter. from which
some san;ous pus was ESCAPING. but no tune
faction could be observed IN the parotid ~
Gion. "A considerable number Of purpura-ike
spots were scattered thIckly over the left
scapuia, and thence forward q far - the
axila- They ranged from o~ne-eighth 10
onc.f0urlh OF an inch IN diameter. were
slightly elevated and purpuraceous on
che surface. and many 81 them were
continent i'm groups % two 20 four Or more. a
similar hut much lee abundant eruption was
observed sparsoly scattered over the corre>
pondinx region on ~ right side. An oval.
e~xcavatcd ulcer. about IN inch long. the re-
suit Of a small ( srbuncle. vas seated over the
spin0us process IL the tenth dorsal vcrtebra-
Over the sacum there we're four small bed
sores. the largest about half an inch IN diane
fcr. a few acne p~ustules and : number Of
Irregular spots Of ost-mortcm hyposfatic con
rrsii0n were scatt rcd over the shoulders.
hack. and bntt0cks. The interior part Of tho
scr0tum was much q. scoIorcd ~ hyposfafic
congestion. A group o. hcmorrhoidal IN
NOR rather larger than = walnut. protrudcd
!. from the mus. The depressed cica-
trix or the wound mNic By the
pistol tuIicf WINS recognized over The tenth
futcrcy siai space. three md : half inches 70
right 81 the vcricbral ep.nc- "A deep linear
incIsiun made IL part by thc operation OF July
a. and extended by sha OF August 8 Occur
MED II position closely corresponding 20 Tho
upper border OF The right twciffh lib. u cum
mcnccd pOstlrinriy abx,utl NO inches from tho
veftc!Dfal spine and extended icrwnrt q little
more Than three inches A. the interior CT
rremity II this Inci<ion there WINS = dccp.
rcarly square. abradcd surface about A Inch
scro@s. A weiIoilel. flexible cathctcr. four
teen inches long. was then passed. into This
wound. Is had been done 10 wash II out dur.
Ing Ire. Wore resistance was NJ nfst cncoun-
tered than had usually been the ca-c, hut
after several trials the cathctcr entered with
out any violence 20 the full length. II was
rhcn LETT In D sltion. and tho body disposed
~eupinciy Tor the examination Of thc yisccra-
The Uranium was not opened. A long inci-
sion was made from the superior extremity OF
the sternum 10 the pubs. followed By : trans-
verse lncls|on crossing the abdomen just be-
low the umbiiicus. The four flaps thus formed
were turned back and the abdomin ! visccra
exposed. The subcutsncous adipose tissue
divided hy the incisiOns was . little moe than
one eighth Of m Inch thick over the thorax.
hut was thicker ovqI the abdomen. being
alba and a. much A. hair an Inch thick toward
thc outer extremity u the transverse incisson.
ON inspection or tho abdominal visccra
eitua. the transverse colon was observed % lie
n little above tho line Of the umhiiicns. II
WINS frmiy adhcrcnt 10 the anterior edge Of
che liver. Tho greater omcntum covered the
intcstincs pretty thoroughly. from the trans
we're colon almost 20 the pelvis. u was stiiI
quite "a and very much hlackcncd BY ycnous
congestion. Onbotn sides IT. lateral margins
were adhcrcnt 20 the abdominal particles,
opposite fhe eleventh nnd twelfth tibs- On the
ielt sile. the nihes pns were numerous. frm.
Mc!i " lranixed and. probably. a.
- fo1tnNc here says: .srhesc ndhcs,ons
nnl fhp nj III Ones On tne right sidD. a. well AZ
shosc N ine spleen. possible date back % Al