The daily gazette., 1882-07-01
ExPERrs ovER ruE nopY.

The .Autopsy-No Hint of Insanity Nor
Any Other Disease Shown Under ths
Knife.
A special from Washington under date oi
last night says: When the remains of Gui.
teau had been taken up stairs into the
chapel, which is room over the kitchen OF
the Jail, the coffin lid was taken off and the
| body lifted out and stretched on table.
The clothing was then removed. After a
consultation as to how the operation should
De performed and what examination should
be made, DR.. Lamb, who had the knife,
took the initiative. The first thing that was
done was to make an incision from the chest
DOWN the median line and another at right
angles to it, and the outer integument of
the body was thrown back, exposing the
Viseera The heart and lungs were espe-
ciatiy examined as we'll, indeed, as other
lasts, with view of determining the pre-
sence of any evidence of disease. The heart
was found to be of normal size and perfectly
healthy In every particular. The lungs
were OF normal proportions and healthy;
with the exception of small tubercles on one
Of them nothing of serious character was
found
The knife was run around the back of the
mead al the base of the skull and the scalp
was raised and drawn forward clear over
"A
saw was brought into use and very soon a
circle was cut through the skull completely
around the head, removing the upper half
cl tine brain receptacle. The brain was then
taken out and carefully weighed. 1t weighed
exactly 4915 ounces which is normal weight.
There was hot the slightest indication of any
physical disease in the brain. 1t was regu-
lar in all its parts and proportions, except
that there was slight thickening, in one
nf tha A.un, IN
the physicians said, did not indicate disease
such as would affect the mind of the in
diyidual, because it is thing that is fire.
quently found in cases where perfect health
mad been enjoyed up to the time of the last
lllnessand where the mental status of the
individual had never been questioned. In
deed, it is said that the head of Daniel
Webster showed quite remarkable thick
en1ng OF the dura matter, much more SO
than In the case of Guiteau. In Mr..
Webster's case it was known that the thick
ening resulted from fall which he got in
youth. Comment among the doctors when
they were making the examination of the
brain was closely observed.
ne brain was examined as far as could
be done with the naked eye, and having
been weighed was place In a square tin box
upon bed of soft curled hair. Dr. Goddiug
and Dr. Lamb were chosen by the physicians
present to take the brain to the Medical
Museum and have it photographed.
All the doctors agreed that there was no
perceptible difference in the size of the two
lobes of the brain, which they rather ex-
pected to find owing TO the exterior confor-
NIFTY of the skull. 1t will De remembered
IN the trial the point was raised that the
skull was Of abnormal shape, being visibly
fattened upon one side and having a full
ness on the other. The vital organ itself,
however, when exposed to the examination
OF the physicians to-day, showed no varia-
tion of this kind. Indeed, the brain in-
dicated perfect health and presented no
phenomenal features. Still the physicians
do not say that the microscopic view may
not show some trace of disease that is not
visible to the naked eye. Still they do not
expect to lind evidences Of insanity in the
organ. The doctors remarked that the
skull was rather more than usually thick,
otherwise there was nothing unusual in any
part of the head.
The doctors found another thing which
surprised the correspondents and others who
had listened to accounts of the mans habits
They were told this morning that he had
ordered breakfast of one pound of beef
stead, an omelette and quart of coffee and |
that he had eaten his breakfast at about II |
a. m. The physicians found, however, that |
the stomach and intestines contained almost |
nothing. The lungs and heart were restored |
to their proper places in the body. The in |
testines and stomach had not been removed. |
The incisions were sewn up, the roof of the |
Uranium was placed back over the empty |
skull, the scalp was drawn into place and |
stitched and the body was restored to the |
coffin. When the body lay there again, |
with the clothes on and with the lid Of the |
coffin adjusted, mo one would have suspected
that an autopsy had been made upon the re-
mains.