Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-09-23
EASTERN DISPATCHES
SENSATIONAL.

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A Terrible Story, II True -The Re-
port OF the Presidents Autopsy
by the Physicians Declared to bo
Talse-Serious Charges Against
the Physicians - Malpractice -
More and Darker Revelations
Promised.
CHICAGO. September ga Times
Washington special says: Certain rsvs.
lations made yesterday to the Times cor
respondent. BY unqusstioned authority,
Of the inner history Of the post norton
examination Of the body Of President
Garfield will create . shock throughout
the country second only to the assassin.
alton Of July I'd. These revelations
show that the President might have
lived; ct least that the report Of the az.
topsy 10 false. and that II II had net
been for Movsseh ever . portion Of the
reluctant truth placed In the report
would have been suppressed.
PROFESSIONAL cRooxxDNEss.
What will the public think when II
learns that General Garfield did not do
from any result Of the wound made BY
the bullet. but from Q cause that could
have been remedied In the early days Of
the csssi The original track Of the
wound had fairly healed and the ball
itself had becoms completely ~snoysted.
II 1t had not besn for blood poisoning
the President would have been Q we'll
man today. The blood poisoning pro.
cseded from tbs imperfect drainage Of
the wound the second day. A clot Of
blood, that might have been taken out
with an aspirator. was the cause OF the
poisoning and the huge abscess upon
the kidney. The spine was reported a.
injured 10 the autopsy. 90 that this
would appear to be . mortal hurt, but 1t
Is said upon high authority that the post
morton revealed nothing Of the kind.
The spinal column was not harmed, aad
II there was Q slight injury OF the YER.
tebre II would not In itself have been
serious.
WHERE THE DALL WAS FOUND.
After the funeral is over. Gen. Swain.
an educated physician. and Doctor Boyn.
ton will reveal the inner secrets Of the
post mortem. One Of the most startling
features Of the exposure will DO the his.
tory OF tho search for the ball. One
hour was passed 10 cutting for 1t. then
the bowels were removed and placed
loose In q wash bowl, another hour was
spent, and then some one looked
among the contents Of the wash bowl
and discovered the enoysted ball among
the intestines. Yet the autopsy locates
this ball In tbs muscles Of the back.
General Swain Is 20 indignant over
the report Of the autopsy that no.hips
will prevent him from telling the true
story to the public after Garfield Is
blurred. He has told the story. however.
to several medical friends In this city
and from one Of them the following YER
batim account was obtained.
BLuNpxRIsa SURGERY.
In the first place. tho post mortsm
operation attempted by this man Lamb
was so unsatisfactory to DR.. Asnew that
he performed the last part Of 1t himself.
The physicians in charge were urged
very hard to send for pstholosis,s not
connected with the case. two from Phil.
adslphis and two from New York, but
they would not do 20 under the plea
that It would reflect upon them. After
they had made an ineision into the abb
domen. they broke open . sac from four
to six inches deep. containing . large
amount OF matter, which ran into the
bowels. Then they pursued their search
down the track Of the bullet. between
the muscles OF the abdomen and the
interior wall Of the abdomen for over an
hour. Then they took the iptestines
out and put them into . washbowl, and
then further pursued their search for
the bullet. Failing 10 And II where they
expected. they looked for It among the
intssdnss, and found It In the back part
OF the mass In the washbowl. They
claimed that they could tell where the
bullet was located, but the facts show
they were mistaken.
uscERTAN nrsrAscHEs.
There was no evidence Of lscsration
Of the vertebrs. and the track Of the
wound from the place Of its entrance
had all healed up and was doing NO
harm, and the ball was well encystsd In
q long pouch. It could not have laid
outside Of the p%eritoneum, else how
could they have taken II out with the
int.stines. The ball. being encysted.
could not have ruptursd an artery.
They did not examine the stomach; they
did not open the intsstinss. They
simply opened the chest and raised the
lupas and called them healthy. When
some one insisted upon their eIsmins.
ton. they were not removed but cut
into, and as sson % they were cut into
pus flowed out freely and continuously.
They closed them up and said there was
no la~esration, there was n absoess
there.
A~BscIssIs.
An abscess was found In the left kid.
ney. They said Il was not an absosss.
but on reaching the right kidney the
abscsss was so large that they were com.
PEELED to admit there was an abscess.
and Asnew being asked u the left was
net tho same. answered, Eyes, pre-.
cisely." "Do you think the wound was
o mortal one2" ''Not necessarily. The
track OF the ball had healed, the ball was
.opcysted. the vsrtebrn showed NO evil
denos that II was injured. and there 10
nothing to indicate an injury OF the
spinal cord at all. But there were large
Assesses In and about tho liver from
four to ak inches long. They must
have been the result OF elot Of