The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-07-14
THE sCALPEL'S SECRETS.
Condition of Guiteau's Remains as
Disclosed by the Autopsy - Dr.
Lambs Special REPORT of the Case.

Condition of Guiteau's Remains as
Disclosed by the Autopsy - Dr.
Lambs Special Report Of the Case.
The Medical Ne,cs, of Philadelphia, prints
the official report Of the post-mortem examina-
ton OF the body of Charles J. Guiteau. The
report is signed by "Dr. Lamb, ;" and is dated
Army Medical Museum, Washington, July 4
THE OFFICIAL REPORT.
BY reason of the delay, for which neither
nor my assistants were responsible, the exam
nation was not begun until $50 O'Clock P. m,
one hour and half after death, in consequence
of which the photographing was less success
full and a cast was impractcable. The
body, which was of faint, yellowish tint,
was that OF man about five feet seven
inches in height and weighed l40 pounds. The
ewes were examined by DIR. Loring, who report
ed the pupils slightly and equally dilated. The
vitreOus was cloudy and the fundus undistin-
quishable the conjunctiva OF the left eye was
congested He repeated the examination two
hours later, and noticed an appearance as OF
transverse fracture Of the lenses small
white scar, directed obliquely downward, for
ward and to the left, and confined TO the scalp,
was observed midway between the top of the
left ear and the median line Of the head.
The right parietal bone was slightly hattened
back of the fronto parietal suture, and to the
right of the inter-parietal there was a slightly
hattened elevation on the corresponding inter-
nal surface of the calvaria. The frontal suture
was obliterated, but the others were quite dis
tinct. A number Of pacchionian depressions
were observed near the groove for the longitu-
dinal sinus.
In thickness the skull presented nothing re-
markable.
The dura mater was firmly adherent TO the
anterior portion of the cafvaria in the vicinity
of the longitudinal sinus. There were adhe-
sions OF the dura also TO the base OF the
skull they were quite firm, and situated in the
several fassae, and most marked III the deeper
parts Of the fassae, where also there were small
patches, abruptly limited, of immoyable
arborescent COMPOSITIONS, with, however, no
attendant thickening or fermentation. This
stagnation was again marked in the left,
anterior and middle fassae. There was no
congestion of the dura, except at the points
Just noted. The dura and piamater were
adherent TO each other, and TO the brain on
both sides along limited portion Of the lon
gitudinal assure, in the vicinity OF the pacchio
Man granuations. The dura was slightly
thickened along the longitudinal sinus. II was
also slightly thickened and Opaque along the
portion of the hne Of the middle meningeal
artery on each side.
The arachnoid of the upper convexity OF
the brain presented in many places, where it
ing and opacity elsewhere 1t was normal.
The piameter WAS an@mic anteriorly; posterior-
ly there WIS slight hypastasls. The cere-
bral vessels appeared TO be normal in all
respects. The orbital plates were we'll arched,
and presented many conica ernnences OF large
size. There was no roughening anywhere OF
the inner surface OF the skull
The brain was firm. Its weight. including
the cerebrum, cerebellum, pans and medula,
and a portion of the dura, was 4916 ounces. II
was slightly flattened III the region correspond
ing TO the hattening OF the pare;al bone above
mentioned. On d section OF the cerebrum there
was the appearance of a slight thinning Of the
gray cartex. The measurements taken, how
ever, gave depths OF Lie to - inch in close
proximity to each other. The white substance
was almost absolutely an@mic. The cerebel-
lum and island Of Rel were both covered on
each side.
The assures generally presented considerable
depth in many places, as in tho right assure
of Rolando, amounting to seven-eighths of an
inch.
The right assure of Sylvius was typical; the
left was separated from the first temporal assure
by a slight bridge deeply situated.
The right fissure of Rolando did not connect
with the fssure of Sylvius; the left was sep
arated only by small bridge deeply situated
both were separated from the longitudinal
fissure.
The first frontal fissure on the right side was
not connected with that Of Rolando, but the
posterioEpart was crossed bya secondary fissure.
The same was the case on the left side, except
that the fissuro was crossed by a small bridge
near its center.
The second and third frontal assures pre-
scented nothing remarkable. There were nu-
merous secondary assures.
The precentral and retrocentral assures, on
each side, we're well defined, and were uncon-
nected with the other assures.
The inter-Darietal fssure each aide fer
minated III the transverse occipital, separated
only by slight bridge. The parieto-occipital
assure was well marked on each side. The
transverse occipital assure on the right side
was ill-detned il began on the median sur
face and extended well outward.
The first temporal assure was well developed
on the right SIDE; on the left it was not of the
usual length.
Wernicke's assure was well marked on the
left side, but was not continent.
The caloso marginal tissure was double on
each side, the upper OF the two being probably
tended back TO the anterior margin of the par
acentral lobule on left, not quite 80 far. The
lower one extended on the right side TO a line
about half an inch in front Of the parieto-oc-
ciptal assure, from which it was separated by
small bridge on the left side, also, by .
bridge OF larger size.
On the right side were seven assures radiat-
ing from the circular assure surrounding
small isolated convolution. On the left side
were five assures radiating from small, shall
low depression. The left collateral assure was
well defined, extending to the anterior extremi-
ty Of the temporal lobe. The right was also
well marked, but did not extend 30 far back az
the other, and there was an attempt at confiu-
ence anteriorly with the temporo-occipita q
small bridge intervening. The left temporo-
occlpital fissure was we'll defined.
The following alone call for remark The as
cending frontal convolution was well defined on
each side. The ascending parietal on the right
side was well developed in its lower three
fourihs, but narrowed in the upper fourth On
the left side the narrowing was less marked
The island OF Rel presented ON the right side
five assures, and SIX straight gyri on the left
side seven assures and eight straight gyri. The
paracentral lobule was well marked on the right
side, small on the left
The usual median incision was made. and
the abdomen opened. There was an extrava-
sation Of blood into the right pectoralis major
muscle near the second rib. The adipose layer
OF the abdominal section was one inch in
Thickness. The dome of the diaphragm ex-
tended up to the fourth rib on each side.
There were old pleuritic adhesions at the apex
of the right lung. The upper aud middle
lobes were congenitally united by connective
tissue. The lung was normal throughout
There were also old pleurltic adhesions OF the
left lung to the diaphragm and between its
lobes three small, tubercle-like, augmented
patches were observed in the upper lobe.
The heart weighed ten and threo-quarters
ounces. Its muscular subsfance waa anpar-